Admitted
1987, Pennsylvania and California; 1988, District of Columbia; 1992, U.S. Supreme Court; U.S. Court of Appeals, Third, Fourth, Seventh, Ninth and District of Columbia Circuits; U.S. District Court, Eastern and Western Districts of Pennsylvania; U.S. Distr
Law School
University of California-Boalt Hall, J.D., 1986
Law School Graduation Year
1986
College
Harvard University, B.A., 1981
Biographical
Order of the Coif. Presidential Scholar. Editor-in-Chief, California Law Review, 1985-1986. Judicial Clerkships: Hon. Abner J. Mikva, District of Columbia Circuit, 1986-1987; Hon. Thurgood Marshall, U.S. Supreme Court, 1987-1988; Hon. Anthony M. Kennedy, U.S. Supreme Court, 1989. Author: various articles. Adjunct Professor: University of California at Berkeley (Boalt Hall), 1990-1992; Georgetown Law Center, 1996-1999; University of Pittsburgh Law School, 1999-2001. Distinguished Visitor and Fellow in Law and Public Affairs, Woodrow Wilson School, Princeton University, 2001—. Assistant U.S. Attorney, Northern District of California, 1990-1993. Deputy Associate Attorney General, U.S. Department of Justice, 1992-1993. Deputy Assistant Attorney General, U.S. Department of Justice, 1993-1998. U.S. Attorney, Western District of Pennsylvania, 1998-2001. Of Counsel to Phillips & Cohen, Washington, D.C. and San Francisco, C.A., 2001—. Executive Counsel, Kidsvoice, Pittsburgh, P.A., 2001—. Co-Counsel for Warren Christopher et al. in U.S. Supreme Court case of Christopher v. Harbury, 2002.