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Education

George Mason University School of Law, J.D.
Honors: with honors
George Mason Law Review, Board of Editors
University of Michigan, B.S.
Honors: with distinction; magna cum laude; Phi Kappa Phi, Golden Key National Honor Society; James B. Angell Scholar

Michigan

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit

U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan

T 313.465.7564

F 313.465.7565

Detroit
2290 First National Building
660 Woodward Avenue
Detroit, Michigan 48226

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Concentrates practice on complex commercial litigation, constitutional law, competition and trade law, and federal and state appeals
While with the U.S. Court of Appeals, was directly involved in over 200 appeals
Worked on several trial teams, including a six-week antitrust and intellectual property trial in federal district court
Graduate-level training in economics from the University of Michigan, PhD program

State Bar of Michigan
- Antitrust, Franchising & Trade Regulation Section, Council Member & Past Legislative Subcommittee Chair
American Bar Association
- Appellate Practice Committee, Member of the Appellate Practice Journal and Bar Liaison Subcommittees
- Appellate Practice Journal, Co-Editor-In-Chief

University of Michigan Club of Greater Lansing, Vice President, Board of Directors

"Amicus Brief Writing for the Circuit Court: The Why and the How," ABA's Appellate Practice Journal, Vol. 31, No. 2 (Winter 2012), co-author
"Chapter 11: Removal to Federal Court," Business & Commercial Litigation in Federal Courts (Robert L. Haig ed., 3d ed. 2011), chapter co-author with the Honorable David W. McKeague
"Your Electronic Evidence Presentation Will Fail," ABA's Technology for the Litigator, Vol. 5, No. 2 (Winter 2011), co-author
"Using 'Inherent Equitable Authority' to Expand the Record on Appeal," ABA's Appellate Practice Journal, Vol. 30, No. 1 (Fall 2010)
“The Constructive Receipt Doctrine – Is Ignorance Bliss?” Mich. Tax Law., 14-21 (Winter 2003), co-author

Senior Law Clerk, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, Judge David W. McKeague, 2005-2009
Law Clerk, U.S. District Court for the Western District of Michigan, Judge David W. McKeague, 2000-2001
Law Clerk, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan, Magistrate Judge Steven D. Pepe, 1998-2000