Before becoming an attorney, I had a career as an engineer. I earned a Bachelor’s Degree in Electrical Engineering from Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 2003 and a Master’s Degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Southern California in 2007. I enjoyed a fourteen-year career as an engineer working for two Fortune-500 companies.

I felt surrounded by attorneys in my family. My dad was an attorney, and my older brother knew from a young age that he wanted to be an attorney. But it was not until after the passing of my dad that I began to think seriously about a career in law. In 2019, I graduated with a Juris Doctor from the University of San Diego and was admitted to the bar in the State of California. In 2023, after several years of practice, I was admitted to the bar in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.

My technical background has helped to propel my legal career. I have always enjoyed analyzing complex issues and simplifying them. In that aspect, engineering is very similar to the law. It gives me great satisfaction to simplify complex legal issues for clients and empower clients through knowledge and preparation.

In my spare time, I serve our community as a council member on the White Oak Borough Council and as a member of the White Oak Borough Civil Service Commission, a group charged with the regulation of employment of police officers. I also enjoy volunteering several times a year at the Wills For Heroes events, which are hosted by the Allegheny County Bar Association and Pennsylvania Bar Association and involve local attorneys drafting free estate plan documents for active and retired first responders and military personnel.

Education

• Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Electrical Science and Engineering, 2003
• University of Southern California, Electrical Engineering, 2007
• University of San Diego, Juris Doctor, 2019

Bar and Court Admissions

• Supreme Court of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, 2023
• Western District of Pennsylvania, 2023
• Middle District of Pennsylvania, 2023
• Supreme Court of the State of California, 2019
• Central District of California, 2022
• Northern District of California, 2023
• United States Patent and Trademark Office, 2018