• Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit

  Judge

  2018 – present · 8 yrsAppointed by Donald John Trump

• Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit

  Law Clerk

  1999 – 2000 · 1 yr

Career

• general counsel emeritus

  2017 – 2018 · 1 yr

• assistant secretary

  2013 – 2018 · 5 yrs

• Special counsel

  U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary

  2009 – present · 17 yrs

• Melaleuca, Inc.

  2009 – 2018 · 9 yrs

• general counsel

  2009 – 2017 · 8 yrs

• Deputy general counsel

  Office of Management and Budget, Executive Office of the President

  2008 – 2009 · 1 yr

• Deputy assistant attorney general

  Environment and Natural Resources Division, U.S. Department of Justice

  2006 – 2008 · 2 yrs

• Private practice

  Washington, D.C.

  2001 – 2006 · 5 yrs

• Law clerk, Hon. Charles N. Brower and Richard M. Mosk

  Iran-U.S. Claims Tribunal, The Hague

  2000 – 2001 · 1 yr

Education

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