Before working as a law clerk at David F. Grams & Associates, now known as Grams & Christoffersen, S.C. during her third year of law school, Bailey interned for a Wisconsin Circuit Court Judge during his family law and juvenile delinquent rotation and subsequently worked as a law clerk in the corporate division for Bemis Company, Inc.. She graduated from the University of Wisconsin Law School where she served as Articles Editor for the Wisconsin Law Review. She also served as a member on the first-ever Law School Student Advisory Board. Bailey earned her Bachelor of Arts from the University of Wisconsin-Madison where she majored in Psychology. She lives in Madison with her husband Patrick and daughter Lylah.

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