I am a 2004 graduate of the George Washington University School of Law, in Washington, D.C.  After law school, I attended the University of South Carolina, where I received a Master’s Degree in Political Science in 2010.  I have worked as an attorney for the federal government since 2010, focused on civilian personnel law and government contracts.  I have worked on numerous MSPB and EEOC cases and defended several bid protests.  While in law school, I won the Imogen P. Wiliford Award for Excellence in the Study of Constitutional Law, presented by the Law School to the graduating student with the best grades in constitutional law classes.*  I interned at the Department of Justice in the Constitutional and Specialized Torts Division, as well as the Civil Appellate Division, where I worked on a variety of cases, including a challenge to the inclusion of “under God” in the Pledge of Allegiance.

I have published a book on the 2008 Supreme Court case Medellin v. Texas with the University Press of Kansas as well as numerous law review articles in journals such the Columbia Human Rights Law Review, the Louisiana Law Review, the Case Western Reserve Law Review, the Public Contracts Law Journal and others.

I am licensed to practice in Washington State, Washington, D.C., the First, Fourth, and Ninth Circuit Courts of Appeals and the United States Supreme Court.

*The Supreme Court of Washington does not recognize certification of specialties in the practice of law and the award is not a requirement to practice law in the state of Washington.