Practice Focus:
- Constitutional and civil rights law
- Employment law
- Commercial and other complex litigation
- Appellate
Professional Experience:
- Associate, Lerach Coughlin Stoia Geller Rudman & Robbins LLP, 2003-2006
- Law Clerk, Judge William C. Canby, U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit, 2001-2002
- Program Associate, International Human Rights Law Group, 1996-1998 (Democratic Republic of the Congo)
Publications:
- The Exit Fiction: Unconstitutional Indefinite Detention of Deportable Aliens, 23 Hous. J. Int’l. L. 255 (2001)
- Racial Profiling and International Human Rights Law: Illegal Discrimination in the United States, 15 Emory Int’l. L. Rev. 207 (2001)
Reported Cases:
- Myron v. Terhune, 476 F.3d 716 (9th Cir. 2007)
- L.H. v. Schwarzenegger, 519 F. Supp. 2d 1072 (E.D. Cal. 2007).
Education:
- Emory University School of Law, J.D. with honors, 2001
- Columbia University, School of International and Public Affairs, Master of International Affairs, Certificate in African Studies, 1996
- Barnard College, Columbia University, B.A., Political Science, cum laude, 1990
Admissions:
- California, 2002
- New York, 2002
