Bachelor cum laude, Yale University, 1995. Juris Doctor, University Chicago School Law, 1999.
Reporter & correspondence editor The Weekly Standard, 1995—1996. Law clerk to Honorary J. Harvie Wilkinson III United States Court Appeals (4th Circuit), 1999—2000. Counsel United States Senate Judiciary Committee, 2000—2001.
Law clerk to Justice Clarence Thomas United States Supreme Court, 2001—2002. Associate Clifford Chance LLP, London, 2002—2005. Associate counsel & special assistant to President The White House, 2005—2006.
Assistant professor law George Mason University School Law, since 2006.