Admissions

  • California

Recognitions

  • The Legal 500 United States
    2019 - Recommended, Patent Litigation: Full Coverage

Education

  • J.D., University of Virginia 1999
    Order of the Coif
    Virginia Law Review
  • B.A., Philosophy, Politics and Economics, University of Oxford 1995
    First Class Honors
    Rhodes Scholar
  • B.A. and M.A., Emory University 1993
    summa cum laude
    Phi Beta Kappa

Courts

  • Supreme Court of California
  • United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit
  • United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
  • United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
  • United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
  • United States District Court for the Central District of California
  • United States District Court for the Northern District of California

Memberships

  • Past Lawyer Representative to the Ninth Circuit Judicial Conference, Southern District of California
  • Legal Aid Society of San Diego, Member and Past President of Board of Directors
  • Federal Bar Association, Advisory Board Member and Past President of the San Diego Chapter
  • Merit Selection Panel for Appointment and Reappointment of Magistrate Judges, Southern District of California, Chair (2009)
  • Local Rules Committee for Southern District of California (2009), Member
  • San Diego County Bar Association Ethics Committee, Member (2009 - 2013)
  • Louis M. Welsh American Inn of Court, Alumnus
  • Promises2Kids Foundation, Board Member (2005 - 2011)
  • Association of American Rhodes Scholars, Board Member (2004 - 2014)
  •  Adjunct Professor of Law, University of San Diego School of Law, courses in patent litigation and constitutional law (2006-2007 and 2010-2011)