Deputy Solicitor General
Education
- Harvard Law School, J.D., 2006, cum laude
- Samford University, B.A. with honors, International Relations and French Literature, 2002, summa cum laude
Clerkships
- Honorable William H. Pryor Jr., United States Court of Appeals, 11th Circuit, 2006-2007
Admissions
- Alabama State Bar
- United States Court of Appeals, 4th Circuit
- United States Court of Appeals, 5th Circuit
- United States Court of Appeals, 6th Circuit
- United States Court of Appeals, 9th Circuit
- United States Court of Appeals, 11th Circuit
- United States District Court, Middle District of Alabama
- United States District Court, Northern District of Alabama
Experience
- Deputy Attorney General, State of Alabama Office of the Attorney General, Executive Division, 2011 - Present
- Associate, Bradley Arant Boult Cummings, LLP, 2007-2011
Memberships and Affiliations
- Young Lawyer Liaison, Appellate Committee of Defense Research Institute
Distinctions
- Harvard Law Review, 2005-2006
- Winner, Victor Brudney Prize, 2006
- SuperLawyers Rising Star, Appellate Litigation, 2011
Publications
- Class Action Lessons from Wal-Mart v. Dukes, The Corporate Counselor (August 2011)
- If You Wouldn’t Say It, Why Write It? Tips for More Conversational and Effective Writing, For the Defense, (Jan. 2011)
- Basics of Certiorari Practice in the Alabama Supreme Court, The Alabama Lawyer (May 2009)
- Amendments Rejected, Encyclopedia of the Supreme Court of the United States (5th Ed. Gale 2008)
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