Before beginning my doctoral work, I spent several years practicing law in and around the federal government—clerking for two federal judges, working as an appellate attorney at the Department of Justice, and advising on immigration policy in the Senate. Those experiences gave me a granular view of how federal institutions actually operate, while also sharpening a set of questions about bureaucratic behavior and administrative power that I wanted to pursue with the tools of social science.
O’Melveny & Myers LLP, New York
U.S. Department of Justice, Civil Division
U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia
U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee
Jenner & Block LLP
U.S. Department of Justice, Civil Division
PLSC 233: Constitutional Law, Yale College