Before attending law school and joining Davis & Harman, Courtney held several roles in the insurance and financial services industry. As a representative of Thrivent Financial, she worked with clients to create and implement retirement plans, and sold life, annuity, disability, and long-term care insurance products to address client protection needs. She also sold health insurance as a BlueCross BlueShield of Minnesota agent. From a corporate role, Courtney worked in insurance product management where she managed Thrivent’s compliance with changes brought by the 2003 Medicare Modernization Act to Medicare supplement insurance products and processes. She also held roles in new business development and web sales development, where much of her work focused on addressing the financial needs of the middle market.