Ms. Truesdale has practiced in the area of labor and employment law since 1991. She has spent most of her career in private practice, first with the labor and employment boutique Murphy, Smith & Polk and later with Ogletree Deakins when the two firms merged in 1999.  Ms. Truesdale also has practical employee relations and human resources experience, having worked in-house at CNA Insurance as Employee Relations Director in 2005-2006.