Born 1979 in Los Angeles, CA

Federal Judicial Service:
Judge, U.S. District Court for the Central District of California
Nominated by Joseph R. Biden on January 23, 2023, to a seat vacated by John Arnold Kronstadt. Confirmed by the Senate on November 9, 2023, and received commission on November 21, 2023.

Education:
Harvard University, A.B., 2001
Stanford Law School, J.D., 2004

Professional Career:

Law clerk, Hon. Warren J. Ferguson, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, 2004-2005
Immigrants' Rights Project, American Civil Liberties Union Foundation, San Francisco, California, 2005-2009; Equal Justice Works Fellow, 2005-2007; staff attorney, 2007-2009
U.S. Department of Justice, 2009-2012; counsel to the assistant attorney general, Civil Rights Division, 2009-2011; senior counsel and deputy chief of staff to the deputy attorney general, 2011-2012
Assistant U.S. attorney, Central District of California, 2012-2015
Special assistant attorney general, State of California, 2015-2017
Private practice, Los Angeles, California, 2017-2019
Visiting assistant clinical professor of law and co-director, Immigrant Rights Clinic, University of California, Irvine School of Law, 2019-2021
President and chief executive officer, Public Counsel, Los Angeles, California, 2021-2023