United States Attorney, Western District of North Carolina
Russ Ferguson leads the U.S. Attorney’s Office as the presidentially-appointed United States Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina, following his confirmation by the United States Senate on December 18, 2025. Nominated by President Donald Trump, who formally signed his commission on December 23, 2025, U.S. Attorney Ferguson took the oath of office, administered by the Honorable Frank D. Whitney, Senior United States District Judge, on Christmas Eve.
Mr. Ferguson was first appointed as interim United States Attorney by Attorney General Pamela Bondi on March 3, 2025, and sworn in on March 11, 2025. He was subsequently unanimously appointed to the position by all federal judges in this district effective June 30, 2025. He was then nominated by the President on July 30, 2025.
As U.S. Attorney, Mr. Ferguson serves as the chief federal law enforcement officer in the Western District, responsible for representing the United States in all civil and criminal litigations. Mr. Ferguson leads an office of nearly 100 federal prosecutors and support personnel, serving 32 counties across western North Carolina, including the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians, the largest Native American community in the eastern United States.
U.S. Attorney Ferguson brings 16 years of significant legal experience to his new role. He began his legal career as a federal prosecutor in the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Columbia, where he tried 28 cases to verdict. Before his appointment as U.S. Attorney, Mr. Ferguson was a partner at the international law firm of Womble Bond Dickinson, where he led the firm’s complex litigation group and handled complex civil and criminal cases. Mr. Ferguson’s work included representing clients in high-profile and complex criminal and civil trials, as well as in international arbitrations before a number of world arbitral bodies.
U.S. Attorney Ferguson has held leadership roles with the Mecklenburg County Bar, which honored him with an award for Best Individual Attorney for his pro bono service. He has been named to Super Lawyers, Best Lawyers in America, North Carolina Business Elite, and received the Charlotte Business Journal’s Forty Under Forty Award. Mr. Ferguson has also served as a speaker and panelist for local and national events and has published numerous articles on topics related to civil and criminal law.
U.S. Attorney Ferguson has served the community by serving on the Board of NourishUp, Charlotte’s food pantry and meals on wheels organization, demonstrating his ongoing commitment to addressing hunger and supporting families in need. He also previously served on Keep Charlotte Beautiful, to which he was appointed by the City Council, and on the Mecklenburg County Bar’s Board of Directors.
U.S. Attorney Ferguson received his undergraduate degree from Duke University and earned his law degree and a masters of law from Georgetown University Law Center. After law school, U.S. Attorney Ferguson clerked for the Honorable Frank D. Whitney in the United States District Court for the Western District of North Carolina.
Chief Judge, United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit
Jennifer Walker Elrod is the Chief Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. She was nominated to the Fifth Circuit in 2007, and she served as a Circuit Judge on the court until assuming the role of Chief Judge in October 2024. Prior to serving as a Circuit Judge, Chief Judge Elrod was appointed and then twice elected Judge of the 190th District Court of Harris County, Texas, where she spent over five years presiding over more than 200 jury and non-jury trials.
Chief Judge Elrod graduated cum laude from Harvard Law School, where she was an active member of the Harvard Federalist Society, an Ames Moot Court finalist, and a Senior Editor of the Harvard Journal of Law & Public Policy. She clerked for the Honorable Sim Lake in the Southern District of Texas. Before serving as a judge, Chief Judge Elrod worked in private practice, focusing on civil litigation, antitrust, and employment matters.
She has been repeatedly recognized for her work as a jurist, as well as for her pro bono work and contributions to the community. She has been named the 2022 Texas Review of Law & Politics’ Jurist of the Year, the 2018 Harvard Federalist Society’s Alumni of the Year, the 2016–17 Texas Association of Civil Trial and Appellate Specialists’ Appellate Judge of the Year, and the 2008 Mexican-American Bar Association of Texas’s Judge of the Year.
Chief Judge Elrod is actively engaged in the academic and legal communities. Chief Judge Elrod currently serves on the Board of Directors and as the Jurist-in-Residence at the South Texas College of Law, where she teaches civil procedure and First Amendment law. She is also a member of the American Law Institute and of the Board of Advisors for the Harvard Journal of Law & Public Policy, and she is a former member of the Board of Regents of her alma mater, Baylor University, and the Board of Visitors at Brigham Young University Law School. She previously served as the Chair of the Codes of Conduct Committee for the Judicial Conference of the United States. She has also served as the M.D. Anderson Visiting Public Service Professor at the Texas Tech University School of Law and as Jurist-in-Residence at Brigham Young University Law School, and she has taught legal writing at the University of Houston Law Center. She presented the Lewis F. Powell, Jr. Distinguished Lecture at the Washington and Lee University School of Law and is a frequent speaker on the topics of trial and appellate procedure, ethics, employment law, and constitutional law. Chief Judge Elrod also serves on the board of the Garland R. Walker Inn of Court, and co-produces an annual musical CLE, for which her pupilage group has won multiple national awards.
Chief Judge Elrod’s publications include: Trial by Siri: AI Comes to the Courtroom; Don’t Mess with Texas Judges: In Praise of the State Judiciary; For Good: Enriching Your Practice and Your Life Through Pro Bono and Community Service; Is the Jury Still Out?: A Case for the Continued Viability of the American Jury; and W(h)ither the Jury? The Diminishing Role of the Jury Trial in our Legal System.
President, North Carolina Student Chapter
Caroline L. Martin is the 2025-2026 Federalist Society Student Chapter President at the University of North Carolina School of Law. She graduated from the University of Michigan Honors College in 2021 with B.A. in History and Political Science. Before attending law school, she worked at the National Republican Senatorial Committee and the U.S. House of Representatives. She is currently externing with the United States District Court for the Middle District of North Carolina. Upon graduating and passing the bar exam, she plans to return to a law firm in her hometown of Chicago, Illinois. If admitted to the bar, she will be a sixth generation Irish attorney.
United States Magistrate Judge, Eastern District of North Carolina
Robert T. Numbers, II serves as a United States Magistrate Judge in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina.
Judge Numbers received degrees in Political Science and Economics, with honors, from Wake Forest University. After completing his undergraduate work, Judge Numbers obtained his law degree from the University of Notre Dame where he served on the Notre Dame Law Review.
Upon his graduation from law school, Judge Numbers joined the Winston-Salem office of a large, regional law firm. From 2005 until 2010, Judge Numbers’ practice focused on civil rights claims against local municipalities and government contractors. In 2010, Judge Numbers joined the firm’s Raleigh office and concentrated his practice on complex business litigation in state and federal courts.
Chief Appellate Attorney, Office of the Federal Public Defender, Eastern District of North Carolina
Eric Brignac received his BA in English from Emory University in 1998 and his JD from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 2002. Immediately after law school he worked as an associate at Covington & Burling in Washington D.C., focusing on transportation law and employee benefits law. Mr. Brignac also clerked for Judge James L. Dennis on the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit and Judge Allyson K. Duncan on the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit. Mr. Brignac is currently employed as the Chief Appellate Attorney with the Federal Public Defender’s Office for the Eastern District of North Carolina, where he has worked since 2006. He also teaches a seminar on Appellate Advocacy as an adjunct law professor at UNC-Chapel Hill.
Assistant Solicitor General, North Carolina Department of Justice
Nick was appointed Solicitor General of North Carolina in May 2025. In that role,
he oversees the State’s appellate litigation and leads key appeals in the U.S.
Supreme Court, the Fourth Circuit, and the North Carolina appellate courts. Nick
earlier served as North Carolina’s Deputy Solicitor General and has worked in the
state SG’s office since 2019. Before starting a career in state-government service,
he was a senior associate at Hogan Lovells in Washington, D.C.
Nick clerked for Judge Gerald Tjoflat of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the
Eleventh Circuit and Judge Lee Rosenthal of the U.S. District Court for the
Southern District of Texas. He earned his law degree from Duke, where he was an
Executive Editor of the Duke Law Journal and a member of the Moot Court Board.
He received his undergraduate degree from UNC-Chapel Hill and is a proud Tar
Heel.
Attorney, Smith Anderson
Hunter Bruton handles complex commercial and public litigation issues from pre-litigation counseling through Supreme Court appeals. After serving as a law clerk to U.S. Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito, Hunter began his career as an attorney at a multinational law firm contributing to its Issues & Appeals practice, litigating complex cases and filing briefs in courts across the country. Since returning home to North Carolina, Hunter has continued his nationwide practice while carving out a role at the local level litigating in the North Carolina Business Court, North Carolina Superior Court, the Court of Appeals and the North Carolina Supreme Court.
His litigation practice also includes class actions, administrative law matters, employment disputes and business-to-business disputes. Hunter has successfully managed multi-million dollar high-stakes cases, securing dismissals in state and federal courts or obtaining favorable settlements. He shapes appellate strategy in cases that originate with the firm, and in cases that call on the firm later for appeal, in search of repair. He has argued before multiple U.S. Courts of Appeals, including a case of first impression in the Federal Circuit narrowing the government’s exemption from the Takings Clause. His appellate work has shaped precedent in areas like constitutional law, federal preemption, sovereign immunity and trade secret misappropriation. Hunter has a proven track record of minimizing risk while maintaining his clients’ business objectives, exemplified by key victories such as dismissals of consumer class action complaints.
Hunter is a problem solver first and litigator second, always striving to minimize legal exposure and resolve business disputes before they become public. His approach combines deep legal knowledge with a commitment to his clients’ long-term goals and reputational concerns. Hunter often serves as outside counsel for corporations mitigating legal risk, handling investigations, advising on compliance and formulating contracting best practices. Hunter advises a range of clients—from Fortune 500 companies to emerging growth companies—across industries including banking, healthcare, technology, data privacy, finance and administrative law.
Associate, Lehotsky Keller Cohn
Mark Rothrock helps clients navigate complex litigation matters in state and federal courts.
Before joining Lehotsky Keller Cohn LLP, Mr. Rothrock worked in the Litigation Practice Group at Smith Anderson Blount Dorsett Mitchell & Jernigan, LLP, where he advised clients facing high-stakes disputes in state and federal courts. Mr. Rothrock clerked for Judge Raymond M. Kethledge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit and for Judge James C. Dever III of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina.
Mr. Rothrock graduated from Duke Law School, where he served as the Managing Editor of the Duke Law Journal, Executive Vice President of the Federalist Society, and as a research assistant to Professor Ernest Young.
Before law school, Mr. Rothrock served as a Tank Officer in the United States Marine Corps and deployed in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. Mr. Rothrock is now a Major in the United States Marine Corps Reserve.
Partner, Nelson Mullins
Martin is a North Carolina Board Certified Appellate Practice Specialist who practices in the areas of business and consumer financial services litigation. He has represented diverse clients from a variety of industries, including healthcare, regulated utilities, local government, retail, banking, investment, and insurance.
Partner, Givens Pursley LLP
Jeff has extensive experience in complex appellate and trial court litigation. He zealously represents clients in difficult situations. As lead counsel, Jeff has achieved success in high-stakes, complex cases at every level of state and federal courts. Jeff has expertise litigating novel issues of environmental, energy, telecommunications, technology, administrative, criminal, and constitutional law.
Before joining Givens Pursley, Jeff practiced law in Washington, D.C. He previously held several positions at the United States Department of Justice. As Deputy Associate Attorney General, Jeff advised senior leaders at the Department regarding high-profile matters in environmental litigation, civil rights, and federal programs. As an appellate attorney in the Environment and Natural Resources Division, Jeff briefed and argued dozens of cases as lead counsel for federal agencies. Jeff successfully argued administrative law challenges and criminal appeals, as well as cases involving natural resources, clean air and water, endangered species, land management, Indian law, and takings. As nominations counsel in the Office of Legal Policy, Jeff assisted scores of nominees with the judicial nomination and confirmation process, including two Supreme Court Justices.
Jeff speaks fluent German. Before beginning his legal career, Jeff served as a combat engineer officer in the United States Marine Corps. He deployed several times, including to Iraq and Liberia. When not working, Jeff enjoys skiing, open-water swimming, and exploring the Idaho outdoors with his wife and three children.
Managing Director, Wharton Gladden
Mr. Cash co-founded Wharton Gladden & Company, a boutique investment banking firm whose services include advisory, capital placement, asset management and private equity. Though Mr. Cash is a passionate and results-driven businessman, his focus has always been on improving the community. Mr. Cash adopted unwavering principles into his company’s core philosophy: transparency, honesty and a focus on service.
Mr. Cash is very interested in impacting the community by serving on volunteer boards, speaking to student groups and partnering with non-profit organizations through the Power of One Fund, which the firm established in 2009. Mr. Cash also teaches a commercial real estate course at Winston-Salem State University.
Partner, Shumaker, Loop & Kendrick LLP
Tricia is a skilled and efficient litigator with over two decades of experience practicing in state and federal courts at the trial and appellate levels. With a nuanced understanding of the perspectives of all the stakeholders in a case, she effectively manages, analyzes, and resolves complex matters during critical stages of litigation. Her practice centers on federal court litigation, including matters related to labor and employment and intellectual property (IP), as well as commercial litigation. Tricia has argued matters in federal court proceedings, including appearing for oral argument before the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, as well as in state court and before the North Carolina Business Court.
Prior to returning to Shumaker, Tricia spent 18 years as the career law clerk to Judge Frank D. Whitney, U.S. District Judge for the Western District of North Carolina. She provided sound counsel to the judge in more than 150 federal jury and bench trials and thousands of federal civil and criminal cases. Drawing on her broad range of legal knowledge and acumen, Tricia gave advice in complex business litigation matters, including:
Prior to serving as Judge Whitney's law clerk, Tricia practiced civil and commercial litigation at Shumaker and gained experience in both of North Carolina's appellate courts, serving as a law clerk to the Honorable John M. Tyson on the NC Court of Appeals and an extern to then-Justice Mark Martin on the NC Supreme Court. Her experience "behind the scenes" in federal court and North Carolina's appellate courts has left her with a unique perspective into the judiciary, which is a value added to her clients.
Tricia is an established community leader with significant experience directing nonprofits. Driven by her dedication to helping organizations optimize their impact, she frequently enacts strategies involving:
She has served on the board of directors for several community organizations and nonprofits, including the Mecklenburg County Bar, Charlotte Family Housing, Junior League of Charlotte, and Good Friends Charlotte.
Outside of work, Tricia enjoys spending time with her husband, Patrick, their two teenage daughters, and their dog, Banks. You can often find her on the tennis courts or cheering on the Tar Heels.
North Carolina Chamber Legal Institute, General Counsel
As general counsel of the NC Chamber and president of the NC Chamber Legal Institute, Ray sets strategy for litigation of the NC Chamber, the NC Chamber Legal Institute, and its affiliated entities. He also serves as a key member of the organization’s executive leadership team, providing guidance and counsel to the public policy development functions of the NC Chamber, and assessing and advising on current and emerging laws, rulings, and regulations affecting the NC Chamber and business community in North Carolina. Ray is also a respected agricultural industry thought leader, and leads the NC Chamber Foundation and NC Golden LEAF Foundation’s efforts to craft a strategic plan for North Carolina agriculture, a project dubbed NC Ag Leads. Ray was elected to the Board of Smithfield Foods, Inc. as an Independent Director in early 2025, contributing governance expertise to one of the world’s leading food companies.
Prior to joining the NC Chamber team, Ray served as Chief of Staff to U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue where he coordinated execution of the Secretary’s policy agenda for the U.S. Department of Agriculture, a $140 billion agency with more than 100,000 employees. Ray focused on regulatory and deregulatory initiatives and acted as a point of contact for stakeholders throughout agriculture and rural communities.
He previously served as the principal agriculture advisor to the President of the United States at the White House, served as chief of staff and chief counsel for U.S. Sen. Thom Tillis, after serving as general counsel when Tillis was Speaker of the House in the North Carolina legislature, and worked as general counsel for the N.C. Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, interfacing daily with Commissioner Steve Troxler.
Ray has a deep understanding of North Carolina’s economy and has proven experience building relationships that transcend politics. In the fall of 2022, Starling released his book Farmers Versus Foodies in which he shares some perspective on the question of who will call the shots for the future of the farming and food system in the United States and beyond. The book is an Amazon best seller and has been nominated for a Pulitzer Prize.
In private practice for several years, Ray has taught numerous agricultural and food law courses. He has a bachelor’s degree in agricultural education from North Carolina State University and a law degree from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He grew up on a Century Family Farm in southeastern North Carolina and credits that experience as having more to do with his career path than any other influence or opportunity. His parents continue to farm, as does his eldest brother. Starling was a National FFA Officer and is a former 4-H member.
U.S. Chamber Litigation Center, Senior Counsel
Jordan Von Bokern is senior counsel at the U.S. Chamber Litigation Center, the litigation arm of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce. In this capacity, Von Bokern focuses on regulatory litigation, especially affirmative litigation in which the Chamber is suing to challenge federal, state, and local regulations.
Before joining the Litigation Center, Von Bokern served as a trial attorney in the Federal Programs Branch in the Civil Division of the U.S. Department of Justice. In this role, Von Bokern defended the United States and various federal agencies and officers against lawsuits that raised constitutional and statutory challenges to federal statutes, regulations, guidance documents, and other executive branch actions. Von Bokern litigated those claims in federal district courts across the country.
Prior to that, Von Bokern served as senior counsel in the Office of Legal Policy at the U.S. Department of Justice. Here, Von Bokern advised Department of Justice leadership and the White House on the selection, nomination, and confirmation of federal judges. He also worked on Department of Justice policy initiatives.
Von Bokern served as a law clerk for both then-Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals Judge Amy Coney Barrett and Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals Judge Jerry E. Smith. Between his clerkships, he was an associate at Jones Day in their Labor and Employment practice. He graduated cum laude from The University of Chicago Law School, where he served as managing editor of The University of Chicago Law Review. Von Bokern received his B.A. in Political Science, summa cum laude, from Colorado State University.
Chief Judge, United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit
Jennifer Walker Elrod is the Chief Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. She was nominated to the Fifth Circuit in 2007, and she served as a Circuit Judge on the court until assuming the role of Chief Judge in October 2024. Prior to serving as a Circuit Judge, Chief Judge Elrod was appointed and then twice elected Judge of the 190th District Court of Harris County, Texas, where she spent over five years presiding over more than 200 jury and non-jury trials.
Chief Judge Elrod graduated cum laude from Harvard Law School, where she was an active member of the Harvard Federalist Society, an Ames Moot Court finalist, and a Senior Editor of the Harvard Journal of Law & Public Policy. She clerked for the Honorable Sim Lake in the Southern District of Texas. Before serving as a judge, Chief Judge Elrod worked in private practice, focusing on civil litigation, antitrust, and employment matters.
She has been repeatedly recognized for her work as a jurist, as well as for her pro bono work and contributions to the community. She has been named the 2022 Texas Review of Law & Politics’ Jurist of the Year, the 2018 Harvard Federalist Society’s Alumni of the Year, the 2016–17 Texas Association of Civil Trial and Appellate Specialists’ Appellate Judge of the Year, and the 2008 Mexican-American Bar Association of Texas’s Judge of the Year.
Chief Judge Elrod is actively engaged in the academic and legal communities. Chief Judge Elrod currently serves on the Board of Directors and as the Jurist-in-Residence at the South Texas College of Law, where she teaches civil procedure and First Amendment law. She is also a member of the American Law Institute and of the Board of Advisors for the Harvard Journal of Law & Public Policy, and she is a former member of the Board of Regents of her alma mater, Baylor University, and the Board of Visitors at Brigham Young University Law School. She previously served as the Chair of the Codes of Conduct Committee for the Judicial Conference of the United States. She has also served as the M.D. Anderson Visiting Public Service Professor at the Texas Tech University School of Law and as Jurist-in-Residence at Brigham Young University Law School, and she has taught legal writing at the University of Houston Law Center. She presented the Lewis F. Powell, Jr. Distinguished Lecture at the Washington and Lee University School of Law and is a frequent speaker on the topics of trial and appellate procedure, ethics, employment law, and constitutional law. Chief Judge Elrod also serves on the board of the Garland R. Walker Inn of Court, and co-produces an annual musical CLE, for which her pupilage group has won multiple national awards.
Chief Judge Elrod’s publications include: Trial by Siri: AI Comes to the Courtroom; Don’t Mess with Texas Judges: In Praise of the State Judiciary; For Good: Enriching Your Practice and Your Life Through Pro Bono and Community Service; Is the Jury Still Out?: A Case for the Continued Viability of the American Jury; and W(h)ither the Jury? The Diminishing Role of the Jury Trial in our Legal System.
President, North Carolina Student Chapter
Caroline L. Martin is the 2025-2026 Federalist Society Student Chapter President at the University of North Carolina School of Law. She graduated from the University of Michigan Honors College in 2021 with B.A. in History and Political Science. Before attending law school, she worked at the National Republican Senatorial Committee and the U.S. House of Representatives. She is currently externing with the United States District Court for the Middle District of North Carolina. Upon graduating and passing the bar exam, she plans to return to a law firm in her hometown of Chicago, Illinois. If admitted to the bar, she will be a sixth generation Irish attorney.
Chief Judge, United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit
Jennifer Walker Elrod is the Chief Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. She was nominated to the Fifth Circuit in 2007, and she served as a Circuit Judge on the court until assuming the role of Chief Judge in October 2024. Prior to serving as a Circuit Judge, Chief Judge Elrod was appointed and then twice elected Judge of the 190th District Court of Harris County, Texas, where she spent over five years presiding over more than 200 jury and non-jury trials.
Chief Judge Elrod graduated cum laude from Harvard Law School, where she was an active member of the Harvard Federalist Society, an Ames Moot Court finalist, and a Senior Editor of the Harvard Journal of Law & Public Policy. She clerked for the Honorable Sim Lake in the Southern District of Texas. Before serving as a judge, Chief Judge Elrod worked in private practice, focusing on civil litigation, antitrust, and employment matters.
She has been repeatedly recognized for her work as a jurist, as well as for her pro bono work and contributions to the community. She has been named the 2022 Texas Review of Law & Politics’ Jurist of the Year, the 2018 Harvard Federalist Society’s Alumni of the Year, the 2016–17 Texas Association of Civil Trial and Appellate Specialists’ Appellate Judge of the Year, and the 2008 Mexican-American Bar Association of Texas’s Judge of the Year.
Chief Judge Elrod is actively engaged in the academic and legal communities. Chief Judge Elrod currently serves on the Board of Directors and as the Jurist-in-Residence at the South Texas College of Law, where she teaches civil procedure and First Amendment law. She is also a member of the American Law Institute and of the Board of Advisors for the Harvard Journal of Law & Public Policy, and she is a former member of the Board of Regents of her alma mater, Baylor University, and the Board of Visitors at Brigham Young University Law School. She previously served as the Chair of the Codes of Conduct Committee for the Judicial Conference of the United States. She has also served as the M.D. Anderson Visiting Public Service Professor at the Texas Tech University School of Law and as Jurist-in-Residence at Brigham Young University Law School, and she has taught legal writing at the University of Houston Law Center. She presented the Lewis F. Powell, Jr. Distinguished Lecture at the Washington and Lee University School of Law and is a frequent speaker on the topics of trial and appellate procedure, ethics, employment law, and constitutional law. Chief Judge Elrod also serves on the board of the Garland R. Walker Inn of Court, and co-produces an annual musical CLE, for which her pupilage group has won multiple national awards.
Chief Judge Elrod’s publications include: Trial by Siri: AI Comes to the Courtroom; Don’t Mess with Texas Judges: In Praise of the State Judiciary; For Good: Enriching Your Practice and Your Life Through Pro Bono and Community Service; Is the Jury Still Out?: A Case for the Continued Viability of the American Jury; and W(h)ither the Jury? The Diminishing Role of the Jury Trial in our Legal System.
President, North Carolina Student Chapter
Caroline L. Martin is the 2025-2026 Federalist Society Student Chapter President at the University of North Carolina School of Law. She graduated from the University of Michigan Honors College in 2021 with B.A. in History and Political Science. Before attending law school, she worked at the National Republican Senatorial Committee and the U.S. House of Representatives. She is currently externing with the United States District Court for the Middle District of North Carolina. Upon graduating and passing the bar exam, she plans to return to a law firm in her hometown of Chicago, Illinois. If admitted to the bar, she will be a sixth generation Irish attorney.
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