Valerie graduated from the University of Texas at Austin in 2007. She went on to teach kindergarten for two years before attending law school at St. Mary’s University School of Law. While in law school, Valerie served as a staff writer and on the Editorial Board as the Solicitations and Articles Editor of the St. Mary’s Law Journal. She also studied abroad at the University of Innsbruck in Innsbruck, Austria. After her second year of law school, Valerie began clerking at Goldman, Pennebaker, and Phipps where she gained valuable experience in several fields of litigation, including insurance and mass tort litigation. Valerie’s research and writing background has enabled her to become a valuable member of the Pennebaker Law Firm team.