Publications
Co-author, “How Criminal Code Drafting Form Can Restrain Prosecutorial and Legislative Excesses: Consolidated Offense Drafting," Harvard Journal on Legislation, Forthcoming in 2021
Co-author, “SEC Signals New Phase of Regulation FD Enforcement,” Ballard Spahr alert, August 20, 2019
Co-author, “Virtual Currencies May Be Commodities, Federal Judge Rules,” Ballard Spahr alert, September 28, 2018
Co-author, “Virtual Currency Is a Commodity Regulated by the CFTC, Eastern District of New York Rules,” Ballard Spahr alert, March 8, 2018
Co-author, “SEC and CFTC Issue Joint Statement on Virtual Currency Enforcement Actions,” Ballard Spahr alert, January 19, 2018
Co-author, “After Charlottesville, How Committed Do We Remain to Free Speech for All?” Communications Lawyer, Fall 2017
Co-author, “The American Criminal Code: General Defenses,” The Journal of Legal Analysis, September 2014
Criminal Code Development
Delaware. Drafted the text and comprehensive commentary for the state’s newly proposed criminal code, which will be introduced in the General Assembly in Spring 2018
Somalia. Consulted for the International Development Law Organization, revising a newly developed criminal code and contributing to commentaries explaining how the proposed code relates to current Somali law, international law, and Sharia law
Recognition & Accomplishments
Recipient of Ballard Spahr 2017 Pro Bono Award for co-authoring a guidebook for the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law to advise protestors and local governments on timely First Amendment issues