Christie Moilanen graduated from Washington State University with a Bachelor of Arts Degree in 2000. She then earned her J.D. from The John Marshall Law School in Chicago, Illinois. She was admitted to the Illinois State Bar in 2006 where she focused on the defense of matters involving wrongful death, complex tort, products liability, premises liability litigation, as well as construction litigation and various other personal injury matters. She returned to Oregon and joined Mitchell, Lang & Smith in 2008.