Since joining the firm in 1985, Ms. Ford has practiced primarily in the area of workers' compensation insurance/employer defense where she litigates before the Alaska Workers' Compensation Board. She has also been actively involved in preparing briefing and arguments for presentation on appeal before the superior and supreme courts in Alaska, primarily in the area of workers' compensation claims. She has also participated in preparation of briefs and has argued before the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. Her reported cases include:

Safeway, Inc. v. Mackey, 965 P.2d 22 (Alaska 1998); Rydwell v. Anchorage School District, 864 P.2d 526 (Alaska 1993); Houston Contracting, Inc. v Phillips, 812 P.2d 598 (Alaska 1991); LeSuer-Johnson v. Rollins-Burdick Hunter, 808 P.2d 266 (Alaska 1991); Baker v. Reed-Dowd, 836 P.2d 916 (Alaska 1992) and Huston v Coho Electric, 923 P.2d 818 (Alaska 1996).

University of San Francisco School of Law, J.D., Cum Laude, 1984
University of Illinois Chicago, M.A., Political Science, 1973
University of California, Berkeley, M.L.S., Library Science, 1966
Whittier College, B.A., Political Science, 1963

Alaska Bar Association
State Bar of California (inactive)

Admitted to practice in Alaska and California
United States District Court for the District of Alaska
United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
United States Supreme Court