Admitted
1995, California; 1997, District of Columbia and U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit; 1998, U.S. District Court, Northern and Central Districts of California; 2000, U.S. Supreme Court
Law School
Boston College Law School, J.D., summa cum laude, 1994
Law School Graduation Year
1994
College
Case Western Reserve University, B.S.E.E., 1985
Biographical
Order of the Coif. Judicial Clerk: Hon. Alan C. Kay, U.S. District Court, District of Hawaii, 1994-1995; Hon. Arthur L. Alarcon, U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit, 1995-1996. Co-Author with William Sloan Coats, John G. Given and Heather D. Rafter, Streaming Into the Future: Music and Video Online, Loyola Entertainment Law Review, Vol. 20, No. 2 (2000); with William Sloan Coats, Digital Copyright Act Seen As Win For Industry, Entertainment Law & Finance, Vol. XIV, No. 8, Nov. 1998. Author: Reassessing Forced Medication of Criminal Defendants in Light of Riggins v. Nevada, 35 Boston College Law Review 681, 1994; Statutory Denial of Unemployment Compensation Benefits to an Individual Who Voluntarily Leaves Employment to Relocate with a Spouse: Austin v. Berryman, 34 Boston College Law Review 431, 1993.