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U.S. Attorney for the District of Maryland, April 9, 2018 to February 15, 2021 (Assistant U.S. Attorney, 2007-14). Resigned February 15, 2021.

Special Counsel, U.S. Department of Justice, January 12, 2023 to February 5, 2024, to oversee investigation of President Biden's alleged mishandling of classified documents during his time as Vice-President (Order no. 5588-2023).

Member, Governor's Council on Gangs and Violent Criminal Networks, 2018-21. Board of Regents, University System of Maryland, 2021-.

Chair, Asian-American Hate Crimes Work Group, 2021.

Counsel and Special Assistant, Criminal Division, U.S. Department of Justice, 2003-05.

Born in New York, New York, 1973. Harvard College, A.B. (english & american literature), magna cum laude, 1995; Stanford University Law School, J.D., 2001 (executive editor, stanford law review). Law clerk to Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist, U.S. Supreme Court, 2002-03, and Judge Alex Kozinski, U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit, 2001-02. Admitted to California Bar, 2004; District of Columbia, Bar, 2006; Maryland Bar, 2011. Partner, King & Spalding, LLP, 2014-17 (associate, 2003-05). Partner, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, 2021- (co-chair, crisis management practice group). Board of Directors, Asian Pacific American Bar Association of District of Columbia, 2014-15, 2016-17 (nominations committee, 2015-17). Barrister, Edward Bennett Williams Inn of Court. Distinguished Service Award, U.S. Attorney General, 2011. Influential Marylander, Daily Record, 2020. Married.

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