Born 1968 in St. Louis, MO

Federal Judicial Service:
Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Nominated by Barack Obama on February 6, 2014, to a seat vacated by Dolores Korman Sloviter. Confirmed by the Senate on July 7, 2014, and received commission on July 9, 2014.

Education:
University of Pennsylvania, B.A., 1989
Stanford Law School, J.D., 1993

Professional Career:

Law clerk, Hon. Alex Kozinski, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, 1993-1994
Law clerk, Hon. Anthony M. Kennedy, Supreme Court of the United States, 1994-1995
Law clerk in private practice, San Francisco, California, 1995-1996
Lecturer and visiting scholar, Stanford Law School, 1995-1996
Private practice, New York City, 1996-1997
Assistant U.S. attorney, Criminal Division, Southern District of New York, 1997-2002
Lecturer in law, Columbia Law School, 2002
Private practice, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 2003-2014
Lecturer in law, University of Pennsylvania Law School, 2003-2006, 2010-2014
Outside counsel, Philadelphia Board of Ethics, 2007-2014
Adjunct professor of law, University of Pennsylvania Law School, 2014-