Monica is an associate in the litigation group in the Mobile office. She practices primarily in the areas of appellate litigation, insurance defense, admiralty, and commercial litigation. Monica was with Lyons, Pipes & Cook in Mobile before the firm joined Phelps Dunbar.

• University of Alabama, J.D., cum laude, 2008; Managing Editor, Law & Psychology Review; Moot Court Board; Finalist, John A. Campbell Moot Court Competition; Jessup International Moot Court Team
• Johns Hopkins University, B.A., 2005

• Member: Alabama State Bar; Mobile Bar Association Women Lawyers Section (Secretary); Mobile Young Lawyers
• Admitted: 2008, Alabama; U.S. District Courts of Alabama in the Southern, Middle and Northern Districts

• Author: "Protecting Biodiversity for Medicinal Purposes," The Enlaw, Vol. 14, No. 2
• Author: "The Role of News Media in Shaping and Transforming the Public Perception of Mexican Immigration and the Laws Involved," 31 Law & Psychology Review 167