When I was just a child, I lived through the most awful child custody case that I am sure every kid ever had to live through. My mother and father were at war with each other and my little brother and I were put right into the middle of it. I knew that they were angry with each other, but I was really disappointed that their respective lawyers did not take the kids feelings into consideration.

This experience scarred me for the rest of my life. I decided that I was going to become a lawyer someday and work with Utah family law. I wanted to be able to help the kids and I knew that living through it myself, I would know what was best for them.

One of the people I look up to most is Eric K. Johnson, as he quickly became my mentor. He always made his client quickly realize that hating their spouse was not productive to the well being of the kids. I made this my mantra and am doing what I always said I would do.