Born 1965 in Tacoma, WA

Federal Judicial Service:
Judge, U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona
Nominated by Barack Obama on January 6, 2014, to a seat vacated by James A. Teilborg. Confirmed by the Senate on May 14, 2014, and received commission on May 16, 2014.

Other Federal Judicial Service:
Military Judge, U.S. Marine Corps, 2005-2011; deputy chief reserve military judge, 2009-2011
U.S. Magistrate Judge, U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona, 2012-2014
Appellate Military Judge, U.S. Navy-Marine Corps Court of Criminal Appeals, 2013-2014

Education:
University of Louisville, B.S., 1988
University of Oklahoma College of Law, J.D., 1992
National University, M.A., 1997

Professional Career:

U.S. Marine Corps captain, 1992-1999; chief civil law attorney, Marine Corps Base Hawaii, 1996; chief prosecutor, Marine Corps Base Hawaii, 1996-1999
U.S. Marine Corps Reserve colonel, 1999-
   Member, Trial Advovacy Team, 1999-2004
   Senior defense counsel, Iraq, 2004
   Liaison officer to the Al Anbar, Iraq Provincial Chief Judge, Iraq, 2007-2008
   Senior legal mentor to the Afghanistan National Army, Afghanistan, 2008-2009
   Staff judge advocate, Offutt Air Force Base, Omaha, Nebraska, 2012
   Staff judge advocate, Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, San Diego, California, 2012-2013
Assistant U.S. attorney, District of Minnesota, 1999-2001
Assistant U.S. attorney, District of Arizona, 2001-2010; white collar public corruption chief, 2008-2009
Immigration judge, Executive Office for Immigration Review, U.S. Department of Justice, 2010-2012

Other Nominations/Recess Appointments:

Nominated to U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona, September 19, 2013; no Senate vote