Obtained her law degree from the University of Pittsburgh School of Law at age 40.
Served as a law clerk specializing in family law.
While earning her undergraduate degree she worked as a Field Manager for Reader's Digest in Fairfield, CT, where, as the only female sales manager, earned "Field Manager of the Year" by selling more than all 13 managers combined.
Mother Thelma Sykes Lane and father John Cratty.
After receiving her law degree she became an accomplished law clerk at the Allegheny County Court of Common Pleas specializing in Family Law.