Born 1966 in New York, NY

Federal Judicial Service:
Judge, U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia
Nominated by Joseph R. Biden on June 15, 2021, to a seat vacated by Ketanji Brown Jackson. Confirmed by the Senate on September 23, 2021, and received commission on September 23, 2021. Service terminated on September 28, 2022, due to appointment to another judicial position.

Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit
Nominated by Joseph R. Biden on May 25, 2022, to a seat vacated by Ketanji Brown Jackson. Confirmed by the Senate on September 20, 2022, and received commission on September 26, 2022.

Other Federal Judicial Service:
Judge, Superior Court of the District of Columbia, 2009-2021

Education:
University of Pennsylvania, B.A., B.S., 1988
Stanford Law School, J.D., 1993

Professional Career:

Law clerk, Hon. Michael B. Mukasey, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, 1993-1994
Law clerk, Hon. Ralph K. Winter, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, 1994-1995
U.S. Department of Justice, 1995-1998; Bristow Fellow, Office of the Solicitor General, 1995-1996; attorney, Appellate Section, Criminal Division, 1996-1998
Special assistant U.S. attorney, District of Columbia, 1997
U.S. Department of the Treasury, 1998-1999; senior advisor to the Undersecretary for Financial Markets, 1998; senior advisor to the Undersecretary for Domestic Finance, 1999
Assistant U.S. attorney, District of Columbia, 1999-2009
Adjunct professor of law, American University Washington College of Law, 2007-2008
Adjunct professor of Law, Georgetown University Law Center, 2012-

Other Nominations/Recess Appointments:

Nominated to U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, April 28, 2016; no Senate vote