Awards & Recognition
★First Asian American and Pacific Islander nominated for Assistant Attorney General Environment position
★First Solicitor General of the District of Columbia (2006-2017)
★Harvard Law Review executive editor
★Graduated magna cum laude from Harvard Law School
Notable Facts
→Served as Assistant Attorney General for DOJ Environment Division (2021-2025)
→Led over 600 attorneys and professional staff at the nation's largest environmental law division
→First Solicitor General for District of Columbia, argued before Supreme Court
→Won $500,000 on 'Who Wants to Be a Super Millionaire' in 2004
→Twice nominated by President Obama for DC Court of Appeals
→Currently partner at Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP
→Harvard Law magna cum laude graduate and Harvard Law Review editor
→Confirmed by Senate in bipartisan 58-41 vote