I am a graduate research fellow at the Emory University Center for Law and Social Science. I am also an attorney in private practice. In 2025, I will begin a two-year federal clerkship on the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia.

My research focuses on how judicial decision-making shapes and interacts with constitutional doctrines in areas fundamental to democratic governance, civil liberties, and federal-state relations. I am particularly interested in examining the practical consequences of doctrinal choices, especially when courts claim judicial modesty but produce ideologically driven or methodologically problematic outcomes. My scholarship critically explores these tensions, highlighting how judicial rhetoric often masks broader strategies of institutional power-building and selective accountability.

In approaching these issues, I closely analyze the interplay between Supreme Court jurisprudence and its implementation by lower courts, emphasizing the real-world difficulties judges face in applying ambiguous or ambitious constitutional tests. By identifying historical parallels and patterns of judicial behavior, I aim to propose clearer, more principled approaches to constitutional interpretation that both respect doctrinal integrity and acknowledge practical judicial realities.

My work spans areas such as election law, Second Amendment jurisprudence, and First Amendment speech protections, consistently emphasizing the importance of doctrinal clarity and judicial responsibility in preserving robust democratic processes and individual freedoms.

I received a bachelor’s degree in drama at New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts, and a juris doctorate at Emory University School of Law, where I graduated with high honors and was elected to the Order of the Coif.

Oh, also, I used to be a playwright. One critic, reviewing a play I wrote in 2011, produced at the New York International Fringe Festival, called me “a new, leading voice of the millennial generation.” My mother continues to believe this is true. You can find my plays at New Play Exchange.