Connie Bourne is a senior level attorney who left a successful law practice to join Christian Legal Society. She brings over 10 years of legal experience in Estates, Elder Law, and Guardianship. Prior to managing her own law firm, she worked as a Senior Contracts and Negotiations Manager at IBM, a Pro Bono Legal Coordinator for Fairfax County, Virginia, and an Assistant County Attorney and Law Clerk for a Tax Court Judge in Bergen County, New Jersey. A graduate of Rutgers University, where she earned both her BA and JD degrees, Connie is admitted to practice in New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Maryland, and Virginia. She is a course designer and instructor and has published many training manuals on the substantive practice of law. Teaching and speaking at business and community organizations and houses of worship is one of her favorite past times. She lives in Northern Virginia with her husband, two daughters, and two miniature pups.