I have won many cases on my written submissions without having to go to trial.  My writing is so strong, two of my briefs have been published.  Appellate practice is virtually all based on brief writing, and the Superior Court of Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania's primary intermediate appellate court, chose me to appear on television to explain Pennsylvania appellate practice to the public prior to televised oral arguments.

Prior to founding The Axelrod Firm, I worked at one of the largest and most prestigious law firms in the country, Blank Rome, handling some of the biggest and most complex cases.

I received my Bachelor's degree Cum Laude in Economics from Brandeis University in 1990.  I received my law degree from Temple University in 1993 after having won the 1992 Samuel J. Polsky Moot Court Competition. Upon graduation from Temple Law School, I clerked for the distinguished and award winning jurist The Honorable Sandra Mazer Moss before practicing law at Blank Rome.

I am the Immediate Past President of the Temple Law Alumni Association, the fourth female to hold the post in the organization's nearly one hundred year history.

I am a member of the Forum of Executive Women, an organization of the most influential women in the Philadelphia region.

I have been appointed by two separate Chancellors of the Philadelphia Bar Association to membership on the Investigative Division of the Commission on Judicial Selection and Retention.  As such, I lead teams vetting the individuals seeking to be elected judges in Pennsylvania.

I am deeply committed to diversity, inclusion, and equality.  I am a nationally published author and speaker on unconscious bias and the profitability of diversity.  In the past, I served in the American Bar Association (the "ABA" ) as a Diversity Fellow.

I now serve on the ABA distinguished Task Force on Gender Equity.  This year, the ABA President had only 3 open seats to choose from in selecting people for inclusion on the Task Force from the pool of all who applied across the country for the spots.  I was one of the three people who this year, was appointed a spot on the Task Force on Gender Equity (more commonly known as the Gender Equity Task Force).

I also serve as a member of the Diversity and Amicus Committees of the National Association of Women Lawyers.

In the Pennsylvania Bar Association Commission on Women in the Profession (PBA WIP), I am a member of the Executive Council and serve as Co-Chair of the PBA WIP Diversity Committee.

I also serve on the Philadelphia Bar Association Women's Initiatives in Law Firms Task Force.

I am Co-Chair of the Advocacy Committee of NAMWOLF, the National Association of Minority and Women Owned Law Firms.  The Advocacy Committee is charged with advocating nationally on behalf of minority and women-owned law firms.

For my work as the Co-President of the Fearless Women Network, a non-profit I co-founded with Mary Ann Mullaney to shatter glass ceilings and obliterate unequal pay, I was recognized by Profiles in Diversity Journal as a " Woman Worth Watching."

I am licensed to practice law in Pennsylvania and New Jersey state and federal courts, and I am admitted to practice before the Supreme Court of the United States.

I am fluent in Spanish.