Debbie is a partner at Minnesota’s largest and most experienced criminal defense law firm. Before moving into private legal practice, Debbie worked in a City Attorney’s Office in Anoka County and later represented thousands of clients charged with criminal offenses in the Ramsey County court system. She has achieved succcessful results in a wide variety of criminal cases, including criminal sexual conduct, DWI, domestic assault, drug possession/sale, fraud/theft, and homicide. Debbie has earned a reputation as an attorney who will vigorously advocate for her clients to ensure that their rights are not violated.

Debbie is a requested speaker on diverse criminal law topics, including property forfeiture, trial strategy and field sobriety testing in DWI cases. She was an adjunct profession at Hamline University within the Legal Studies department for years. Debbie has repeatedly been voted a "Rising Star" by Super Lawyers, an honor held by no more than 2.5% of Minnesota lawyers. She has also been recognized as one of the "Top 100 Trial Lawyers" in the country by the National Trial Lawyers Association and "Top 10 Under 40 Attorney Award" by the National Academy of Criminal Defense Attorneys.