Julia practices in the bankruptcy law and financial reorganization areas. She is a member of the Panel of Private Bankruptcy Trustees for the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Minnesota. Julia is admitted to practice before the United States Supreme Court, the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals and the state and federal courts of Minnesota.

Julia is a past chair of the Debtor/Creditor Remedies Committee of the Hennepin County Bar Association and is a member of the Bankruptcy Section of the Minnesota State Bar Association. She graduated cum laude from Sioux Falls College and received her J.D. from the University of Minnesota Law School.

Julia has lectured at numerous continuing legal education seminars on topics involving creditors' rights and bankruptcy law. She has been named a Super Lawyer by Minnesota Law and Politics magazine.