• District Court, N.D. Illinois

  Judge

  2004 – 2008 · 4 yrsAppointed by George W. Bush

Career

• Private practice

  2009 – present · 17 yrs

• Deputy attorney general

  U.S. Department of Justice

  2008 – 2009 · 1 yr

• Lecturer

  University of Chicago Law School

  2000 – 2008 · 8 yrs

• Private practice

  1999 – 2004 · 5 yrs

• Adjunct professor

  Northwestern University School of Law

  1998 – 1999 · 1 yr

• Assistant U.S. attorney

  Northern District of Illinois

  1995 – 1999 · 4 yrs

• Private practice

  1994 – 1995 · 1 yr

• Law clerk

  Hon. Antonin Scalia, Supreme Court of the United States

  1993 – 1994 · 1 yr

• Law clerk

  Hon. Stephen F. Williams, U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit

  1992 – 1993 · 1 yr

Education