Candice began her legal career practicing Dependency law for Children Legal Services in the Florida Department of Children and Families. After five years and over thirty bench trials, she was promoted to Senior Trial Attorney in the West Palm Beach Office of Children Legal Services. Later, Candice worked as in-house counsel with a major national insurer in the areas of Personal Injury Protection (PIP) and Bodily Injury. At that organization, she was a member of several employee resource groups seeking to enhance leadership and diversity.

Candice is a proud alumna of Florida A & M University where she first received her Bachelor of Science in Journalism and later her Juris Doctor degree.

Candice has served her community in several voluntary organizations and charitable bodies including the Young Lawyers Section of the Palm Beach County Bar Association, the Side-Bar Series Committee, and the F. Malcolm Cunningham Sr. Bar Association’s William Holland Scholarship Gala. She is  a strong advocate for mental health and wellness in the legal community and has planned and hosted several events focusing on mental health intervention in the profession. In 2022 her volunteer work also included service on the  Palm Beach County Chapter of the Florida Association of Women Lawyers.