Born 1978 in Boston, MA

Federal Judicial Service:
Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Nominated by Joseph R. Biden on January 19, 2022, to a seat vacated by Theodore Alexander McKee. Confirmed by the Senate on September 29, 2022, and received commission on October 20, 2022.

Education:
Swarthmore College, B.A., 2001
Yale Law School, J.D., 2007

Professional Career:

Law clerk, Hon. James T. Giles, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, 2007-2008
Temporary law clerk, Hon. Joel Harvey Slomsky, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, 2008
Law clerk, Hon. C. Darnell Jones II, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, 2008-2009
Federal Community Defender Office, Eastern District of Pennsylvania, 2009-2022; research and writing specialist, Capital Habeas Unit, 2009-2014; assistant federal defender, Non-Capital Habeas Unit, 2014-2016; managing attorney, Non-Capital Habeas Unit, 2016-2022
Adjunct professor, Drexel University School of Law, 2019-2020