Admissions

  • District of Columbia
  • Georgia

Prior Experience

  • U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Immigration & Customs Enforcement, Principal Legal Advisor, 2015-2017
  • U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Chief of Staff to Administrator Gina McCarthy, 2013-2015, Regional Administrator, Region 4, 2010-2013
  • Stone Mountain Judicial Circuit, Decatur, GA, District Attorney, 2005-2010
  • DeKalb County Solicitor General's Office, Decatur, GA, Solicitor General, 1999-2004, Chief Assistant Solicitor General, 1998-1999, and Senior Assistant Solicitor General, 1993-1994

Recognitions

  • Legal 500 Recommended Attorney, Environment – Regulatory, 2019
  • African American Federal Executive Association (AAFEA), Ebenezer Basset Award, 2017
  • USEPA, Environmental Justice Champion of Change Award, 2015
  • Atlanta Metropolitan, Combined Federal Campaign Leadership Award, 2012

Education

  • J.D., Emory University
  • B.S., Rutgers University

  • Certificate of Completion for the Promoting Racial Equity in the Workplace Program, John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University, Executive Education

Courts

  • Georgia Court of Appeals
  • Supreme Court of Georgia
  • Supreme Court of the United States
  • United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit

Memberships

  • Co-chair, Task Force on Environmental Justice, American Bar Association
  • Member, Section of Environment, Energy and Resources, American Bar Association
  • Member, American College of Environmental Lawyers
  • Partnership for Public Service, Strategic Advisor for Government Executives (SAGE)

Civic and Charitable

  • Board member, Environmental Law Institute
  • Board member, Environmental Protection Network