Admitted
1989, Pennsylvania; 1992, District of Columbia; 1996, U.S. Supreme Court
Law School
University of Texas Law School, J.D., with honors, 1989
Law School Graduation Year
1989
College
University of Pittsburgh, B.A., summa cum laude, 1983; Oxford University, University College, D.Phil
Biographical
Phi Beta Kappa. Rhodes Scholar. Truman Scholar. Articles Editor, Texas Law Review, 1988-1989. Law Clerk: Hon. Joseph T. Sneed, U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit, 1989-1991; Hon. Byron R. White, U.S. Supreme Court, 1991-1992. Author: Supreme Court and Appellate Advocacy (West, 2003); The Art of Oral Advocacy (West, 2003); Justice White and The Virtues of Modesty, 55 Stanford Law Review 21 (2002); Prejudgment Interest in Seamen's Personal Injury Cases: Supreme Court Precedent Lost in a Sea of Procedural Confusion, 33 Journal of Maritime Law and Commerce 423 (2002)(co-authored with Michael F. Sturley); Constitutional Law and Separation of Power Decisions, in Developments in Administrative Law and Regulatory Practice, 1998-1999 , 2000; Reforming Congressional Ethics Procedures: Lessons from the Attorney Disciplinary Process, 48 Administrative Law Review 69 (1996); Commentary on the Congressional Accountability Act of 1995: A Section-by-Section Analysis, in Lobbying the New Congress: Compliance with the Legal, Regulatory and Ethical Requirements , Susman and Timmer, 1995; Rugged Justice: The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals and the American West, 1891-1941 , University of California Press, 1994; The Ninth Circuit and the Development of Natural Resources in the Early Twentieth Century, 6 Western Legal History 183 (1993); Railroads, Robber Barons, and the Saving of Stanford University, 4 Western Legal History 225 (1991); John Quincy Adams, Slavery, and the Disappearance of the Right to Petition, 9 Law and History Review 113 (1991); Political Participation and Legal Reform in the International Maritime Rulemaking Process: Lesser Developed Countries and the Hamburg Rules, 22 Journal of Maritime Law and Commerce 81 (1991). Counselor to the Inspector General, U.S. Department of Justice, 1995-1996. Assistant to the Solicitor General, U.S. Department of Justice, 1996-2001.