Birth: |
1960 |
Hempstead, New York |
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Legal Residence: |
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Maryland |
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Education: |
1977 - 1981 |
Yale College |
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B.A. degree |
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1982 - 1985 |
Yale Law School |
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J.D. degree |
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Bar: |
1985 |
Pennsylvania |
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1989 |
District of Columbia |
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Experience: |
1985 – 1986 |
United States Court of Appeals for the |
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District of Columbia Circuit |
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Law Clerk to the Honorable Robert H. Bork |
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1986 – 1988 |
Executive Office of the President |
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Office of the Counsel to the President |
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Assistant Counsel (1986-1987) |
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Associate Counsel to the President (1987-1988) |
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1988 |
Supreme Court of the United States |
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Law Clerk to the Honorable Anthony M. Kennedy |
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1989 – 2002 |
Sidley & Austin |
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Associate (1989-1993) |
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Partner (1993-2002) |
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2002 – 2007 |
United States Department of Justice |
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Acting Attorney General (2007) |
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Assistant Attorney General, Civil Division (2003-2007) |
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Principal Deputy Associate Attorney General (2002-2003) |
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Acting Associate Attorney General (2002-2003) |