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Practice Areas
- Appeals & Appellate
- Business Law
- Entertainment & Sports Law
Additional Practice Area
- Privacy and Cybersecurity
Jurisdictions Admitted to Practice
- District of Columbia
- District of Columbia Bar
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- New York
- New York State Office of Court Administration
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- 2nd Circuit
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- 4th Circuit
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- 10th Circuit
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- 11th Circuit
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- D.C. Circuit
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- Federal Circuit
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- U.S. District Court, District of Columbia
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- U.S. District Court, E.D. of New York
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- U.S. District Court, S.D. of New York
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Professional Experience
- Attorney
- Sidley Austin LLP
- Current
- Law Clerk to Stephen G. Breyer
- United States Supreme Court
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- Attorney-Adviser, Office of Legal Counsel
- U.S. Department of Justice
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- Litigation Associate, Appellate & Supreme Court Litigation Practice
- Mayer Brown LLP
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- Law Clerk to Robert A. Katzmann
- U.S. Court of Appeals, 2nd Circuit
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- Law Clerk to Nicholas G. Garaufis
- U.S. District Court, E.D. of New York
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Education
- Harvard Law School
- J.D. (2004)
- Honors: magna cum laude
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- Princeton University
- A.B. (1999)
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Awards
- Named one of 2016’s top “40 Under 40” business leaders
- Washington Business Journal
- D.C. Rising Star
- The National Law Journal
Professional Associations
- District of Columbia Bar  # 992575
- Member
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- New York State Bar  # 4523999
- Member
- - Current
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