In 2018, I moved to Jordan to study investment fund regulation in the Middle East, as a Fulbright Scholar supported by the U.S. Department of State.
Today, I represent 35 venture-backed companies and multiple investment funds as outside general counsel. Looking back, the through line is clearer than I could have imagined at the time.
Where I've worked.
Davis Polk & Wardwell
Advised investment banks and public companies on public and private equity and debt financings.
Paul Hastings
Advised hedge funds on formation and compliance.
Rutan & Tucker
Advised companies on general corporate and employment matters.
SignalFire
Interim general counsel to a Silicon Valley venture firm with more than $3 billion in assets under management, where I managed over 100 venture investments.
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Judicial extern to the Honorable John T. Noonan Jr.
Built to work directly with founders.
After five years at large law firms, I opened my own practice so I could work directly with founders. My clients work with me from the first call to the closing.
Practice informed by research.
Alongside my practice, I am completing a PhD in the Department of Religion at USC, where my dissertation focuses on the philosophy of law. My research has been supported by the Charlotte W. Newcombe Foundation.
My forthcoming law review article proposes a new legal framework for regulating how venture capital firms use confidential data across their portfolios.