Ms. Cronin practices primarily in the areas of insurance defense, commercial and other civil litigation. She received her undergraduate degree from Northeast Louisiana University, where she graduated summa cum laude, and her law degree from Louisiana State University, where she was a member of the Louisiana Law Review. Ms. Cronin was admitted to practice in the State of Louisiana in 1984. Prior to joining the firm in 1985, she served one year as law clerk to the Honorable Fred A. Blanche, Jr. Justice of the Louisiana Supreme Court. In 1988, Ms. Cronin moved to New Mexico and was in private practice in Clovis, New Mexico handling commercial and class action litigation. She was admitted to the New Mexico Bar Association in 1988 and to the Texas Bar Association in 1992. Ms. Cronin rejoined the firm in 2000.