Born 1979 in San Diego, CA

Federal Judicial Service:
Judge, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois
Nominated by Joseph R. Biden on July 11, 2024, to a seat vacated by Nancy Lee Maldonado. Confirmed by the Senate on November 12, 2024, and received commission on November 20, 2024.

Education:
Northwestern University, B.S., 2000
Northwestern University School of Law (now Pritzker School of Law), J.D., 2003

Professional Career:

Law clerk, Hon. Joel M. Flaum, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, 2003-2004
Private practice, Chicago, Illinois, 2004
Assistant U.S. attorney, Northern District of Illinois, 2004-2016; deputy chief, Narcotics and Gangs, 2010-2011; Project Safe Childhood & Violence Against Women Act coordinator, 2010-2016; supervisory litigation counsel, 2011-2016; Civil Rights and Hate Crimes coordinator, 2014-2016
Adjunct professor, moot court, John Marshall Law School (now University of Illinois Chicago School of Law), 2008, 2009, 2011
Chief deputy state's attorney and chief ethics officer, Cook County, Illinois, 2017-2019
Ubiety Technologies, Inc., Morton Grove, Illinois, 2019-2022; general counsel and corporate secretary, 2019-2022; outside general counsel, 2022
Hearing officer, Chicago Police Board, 2021-2024
Senior counsel, Global Investigations and Fraud and Abuse Prevention, GE HealthCare, Chicago, Illinois, 2022-2024