Abilene Christian University (Bachelor of Arts, 1989). Pepperdine University (Juris Doctor, 1993).
Worked at Kirkland & Ellis (Los Angeles, California) specializing in Litigation. Admitted to the bar, 1993, California. 1996, District of Columbia.
Editor in Chief, Pepperdine Law Review, 1992-1993.
Law Clerk to the Honorable Edith H. Jones, Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals, 1994-1995.
