After graduating from Georgetown University Law Center, Zimmermann began her active duty tour in the Marine Corps and eventually became a prosecutor. “The Marine Corps tells you what to do, you don’t always have a choice. Although I was excited about getting into the courtroom, I became a prosecutor because the Marine Corps thought it would be the best place for me at that time” she says.
After working as an active-duty Marine for three and a half years, Zimmermann joined her father’s criminal defense practice, Zimmermann, Lavine, Zimmermann, & Sampson, becoming a shareholder after 11 years of practice in 2007. She says that making the choice to team up with her father’s firm was one she didn’t take lightly.