- 2014 Top 50 Missouri and Kansas Women Lawyers – Super Lawyers
- KCMBA Young Lawyer of the Year 2011
- National Trial Lawyers – Top 100 Trial Lawyers
- National Trial Lawyers – 2012, 2013 and 2014 Top 40 Under 40
- 2013 and 2014 Missouri and Kansas Super Lawyer
- UMKC School of Law “Decade Award” 2012
- 2012 Up and Coming Lawyer – Missouri Lawyers Weekly
- KCMBA Midwestern Innocence Project – committee for Freedom Friday
- LAKC High School Mock Trial Judge
- “Rising Star” Women’s Justice Award 2011
- “Rising Star” for Product Liability in the 2010-2013 edition of Super Lawyers
- 2012 “Rising Star” for Product Liability
- AWL “Diamond Award” 2013
- 2011 Association of Women Lawyers President Award
- Appointed to KCMBA Blue Ribbon Civility Committee – drafted “Principles of Civility”
- Read Across America Chair
- Habitat for Humanity
- Chair of the 1st Annual Association of Women Lawyer’s Conference
- Harvester’s Food from the Bar 2012; 2013
- Step-Up (amnesty day at court for battered women) Chair 2012
- AWLF Connections Mentor 2010-2014
- We the People State Finals Judge
- Committee chair of the AWL “Not So Serious About Golf” charitable golf tournament for 4 years
- Speak and/or moderate many CLE’s a year; including Solo Small Firm; AWL; Bench Bar Boardroom Conference; and Mo Bar.
- Midwest Innocence Project
- Advisory Board Member
- Chair of Faces of Innocence Event – 2014 and 2015