Lawyer, writer, legal analyst.
I write and comment on national legal issues from Washington, D.C. — covering the Justice Department, the Supreme Court, white-collar crime, and the rule of law.
Writing
I have served as legal affairs columnist for Politico and New York Magazine, and contributed to The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal, The Financial Times, The New York Review of Books, The New Republic, The Atlantic, TIME, USA Today, WIRED, Slate, The American Prospect, and Columbia Journalism Review.
My work covers the Justice Department, federal prosecutions, the Supreme Court, white-collar crime, and the intersection of law and politics.
Background
Before entering media in early 2020, I was a federal prosecutor at the Justice Department specializing in financial fraud and white-collar crime. Before that, I worked at a New York law firm in commercial litigation and white-collar corporate defense.
I clerked for a judge in the Southern District of New York. I hold a law degree and B.A. from Columbia University.
I provide legal commentary and analysis on television and radio, including MSNBC, CNN, BBC, C-SPAN, and NPR.
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Recent Work
View all writing →The DOJ Cannot Be Trusted
The top Democrat on the House Oversight Committee discusses the Epstein files, accountability for the Trump administration — and what happens if Democrats take the House this fall.
The Legal Fallout in Minnesota Has Only Just Begun
The Trump administration and the Republican Party are scrambling to deal with the fallout after the unjustifiable killing of Alex Pretti by federal agents in Minneapolis.
'They Have This Combination of Grandiosity, Narcissism and Sociopathy'
The Trump administration recently stumbled into a surprising international fight over what the State Department describes as "free speech" on social media.