The Judges Oath (TM)(c) is a part memoir, which offers practical advice for everyday people navigating the complexities—and often, the trickery—of our legal system. Written in a first-person narrative, it blends personal experience with a call for meaningful court reform.

We were latchkey kids in the early 1970s, my brother, sister, and I. Our mom was a single mother who worked every day as a secretary for the water department of Warren, MI. She refused welfare, only accepting subsidized housing in a middle-class neighborhood with a good public school system. At just 14, my black Irish sister took on the role of caretaker for my brother who was 9 months older than me, and me, shouldering responsibilities far beyond her years. As my authority figure, whenever I turned to her for help, she would snap at me, declaring “Figure it out yourself.” She was so mean. But without intending, she taught me to figure things out for myself.

As a single mother living a productive life, I earned a bachelors and master’s in computer engineering from the Western Michigan University and the University of California of Santa Barbara (UCSB), earned a law degree from Concord Law school, now owned by Purdue.

Over the years as a single mother, I fought numerous legal battles, trying to figure it out myself. Armed with a law degree, I sued banks, Santa Barbara Child Support Services, and realtors, including the banksters. Now, I write because my life has touched so many issues of our day–abortion, the foreclosure crisis, the student loan scam, real estate, and more. I write to speak truth to power, to heal, and to share my hard-earned knowledge to help others avoid the tricks of the court system and to call for court reform in a captivating story.

My story is a partial memoir. I am a woman who brought a son into this world on her own. A woman who earned degrees and then worked hard as an entrepreneur. A woman who needs to be heard.