Ms. Short, a Michigan native, graduated cum laude in 1971 from Michigan State University with a degree in English Education and French. She received her law degree from the Marshall Wythe School of Law at the College of William and Mary in 1981. A member of the New York State Bar since 1982, she was admitted to practice in Georgia in 2001.

Ms. Short concentrates her practice in commercial real estate transactions with an emphasis on development, acquisition and disposition of real estate assets, leasing, secured lending and finance law. She is an agent for Commonwealth Land Title Insurance Company. She was formerly Corporate Counsel to Marine Midland Bank, N.A. (now HSBC Bank) and Ticor Title Insurance Company.

While a resident of Buffalo, New York, she participated in community organizations seeking to revitalize neighborhoods and provide first time home ownership opportunities to low income families. She graduated from the Leadership Buffalo program in 1994. Ms. Short is an active member of Commercial Real Estate Women (CREW) Atlanta, serving as the 2008 Chair of the Program Committee, and is a 2006 graduate of its leadership program.

Ms. Short is a member of the New York State Bar Association, the Georgia Bar Association, the Atlanta Bar Association, the American Bar Association, and the Georgia Association of Women Lawyers. Ms. Short has lectured on title examination and title insurance.