Prior to joining Ogletree Deakins, Ms. Hutchins was an attorney within the litigation group at Squire, Sanders & Dempsey L.L.P., at that firm's headquarter office in Cleveland, Ohio.  Ms. Hutchins was a member of a national counsel team to a subsidiary of an international food company defending against claims pending in multiple state and federal jurisdictions.  She also successfully defended the State of Ohio Department of Taxation and three of its officers against civil rights violation claims.  Ms. Hutchins has successfully represented various manufacturers in defending product liability lawsuits, and she successfully resolved a claim against a large computer company in a claim for misappropriation of trade secrets.  Her work also included successfully defending a shareholder's motion for a temporary restraining order and a preliminary injunction.   Ms. Hutchins also served as local counsel for a national credit reporting company in cases pending in northeast Ohio. 

Prior to joining Squire Sanders & Dempsey, Ms. Hutchins served as a judicial law clerk to the Honorable Nancy A. Fuerst and Eileen A. Gallagher with the Cuyahoga County Court of Common Pleas. 

Ms. Hutchins volunteers for the Cleveland Bar Association's 3R's program, where she teaches social studies and government to high school students to help prepare them for their high school proficiency tests.