Biography
I am an Associate Professor and the Vice Dean for Intellectual Life at Seattle University School of Law. My scholarship and teaching primarily focus on civil procedure and legal ethics.
Prior to joining the Seattle University School of Law, I taught at the University of Florida Levin College of Law and in the Lawyering Program at NYU School of Law. My practice experience includes time at Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP and Demos. I also clerked for several judges, including the Honorable Rosemary Barkett, then-Circuit Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit.
I received my B.A. from the University of Chicago and J.D. from NYU School of Law.
Selected National Service
Executive Committee Member (Chair, 2024; Chair-Elect, 2023), Civil Procedure Section, Association of American Law Schools, Washington, D.C., 2020 – Present
Executive Committee Member, Professional Responsibility Section, Association of American Law Schools, Washington, D.C., 2025 – Present
MPRE Subject Matter Expert, National Conference of Bar Examiners, Madison, WI, 2024 – Present
Selected Recognition
Fellow, American Bar Foundation, Chicago, IL (elected 2025)
Clifford Scholar-in-Residence, DePaul College of Law, Chicago, IL (2023 – 2024)
2023 Junior Scholar Award Honorable Mention, Civil Procedure Section, AALS