Experience

National Security Institute (NSI)

• United States
• Higher Education
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Visiting Fellow

  • Aug 2023 - Present



House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform

• Defense & Space
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Senior Republican Counsel

  • Feb 2020 - Aug 2021

  Senior Republican Counsel overseeing federal government operations as they regard civil rights and civil liberties issues. Senior Republican Counsel overseeing federal government operations as they regard civil rights and civil liberties issues.



House Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties

• Chief Counsel

  • Jan 2003 - Jan 2020

  Oversaw work of the Subcommittee in areas within its jurisdiction, including constitutional issues, the federal civil rights laws, religious liberty, property rights, and federal legal reform; also oversight over the Department of Justice’s Civil Rights Division and its various components.

• Counsel

  • Oct 1999 - Dec 2002



Covington & Burling LLP

• United States
• Law Practice
• 700 & Above Employee

• Associate

  • Jan 1998 - Jan 1999

  Experience in legislative counseling, including drafting of proposed legislation; litigation experience including constitutional challenges to state and local statutes, regulations, and ordinances, and challenges to federal transportation projects. Experience in legislative counseling, including drafting of proposed legislation; litigation experience including constitutional challenges to state and local statutes, regulations, and ordinances, and challenges to federal transportation projects.



Kirkland & Ellis

• United States
• Law Practice
• 700 & Above Employee

• Associate

  • Jan 1994 - Dec 1997

  Litigation and appellate experience including defense of products liability cases, nationwide and statewide class actions, and suits brought by various state attorneys general; brief writing in trial and appellate state and federal courts. Conducted successful oral argument before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit (Lovern v. General Motors Corp., 121 F.3d 160 (4th Cir. 1997)). Also assisted partners preparing for trials, depositions, and oral arguments before the U.S. Courts of Appeal for the Fourth, Fifth, and D.C. Circuits. Show less