EDUCATION

Georgetown University Law Center, J.D., cum laude, 2015

Editor-in-Chief, The Georgetown Law Journal

Dean's List, 2012-2015

The Graduate Center, City University of New York, Ph.D., Criminal Justice, 2011

Dissertation: Gregg v. Georgia and the Nature of Supreme Court Decision Making  

John Jay College of Criminal Justice, City University of New York, M.A., Criminal Justice, 2009

Wesleyan University, B.A., College of Social Studies, Honors, 2006 

CLERKSHIPS

Hon. Ronnie Abrams, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, 2018-2019

Hon. Robert D. Sack, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, 2017-2018 

EXPERIENCE

Lankler Siffert & Wohl LLP, New York, NY, Litigation Associate, 2019-Present

Cooley LLP, New York, NY, Litigation Associate, 2015-2017

Central Connecticut State University, New Britain, CT, Assistant Professor, 2011-2012

Classes Taught:

The History of Capital Punishment

Law and Social Control (Master's Course)

Introduction to Criminal Justice Systems

Law, Literature, and Deviance

Crime in Film

Academic Publications 

The Political Question Doctrines: Zivotofsky v. Clinton and Getting Beyond the Textual-Prudential Paradigm, 104 GEO. L.J. 1001 (2016) (Student Note)

Supreme Convolution: What the Capital Cases Teach Us About Supreme Court Decision-Making, 48 NEW ENG. L.J. 711 (2014) (with Evan J. Mandery)

The Vinson Court and the Idol of Restraint, 39 J. SUP. CT. HIST. 133 (2014)

Democracy on Display: A Case for Public Shaming Sanctions, 52 HOW. J. CRIM. JUST. 399 (2013)

From Weems to Graham: The Curious Evolution of Evolving Standards of Decency, 49 CRIM. L. BULL. 3 (2012)

The Catholic and Jewish Court: Explaining the Absence of Protestants on the Nation's Highest Judicial Body, 27 J.L. & RELIG. 359 (2012)

The Conflicted Constitution: Justice Black and Thomas's Textual Absolutism Versus Frankfurter and Breyer's Balanced Restraint, 1 BRIT. J. AM. LEGAL STUD. 217 (2012)

Following Thayer: The Many Faces of Judicial Restraint, 21 B.U. PUB. INT. L.J. 61 (2011)

The Execution Should Be Televised: An Amendment Making Executions Public, 78 TENN. L. REV. 859 (2011) (with David Lat)

Public Figurehood in the Digital Age, 9 J. HIGH COMM. & TECH. L. 403 (2011) (with David Lat)

Law Enforcement Training and the Domestic Far Right, 36 CRIM. JUST. & BEHAVIOR 1305 (2009) (with Steven M. Chermak and Joshua D. Freilich)

Book Chapters

Conflict and Change: New York City's Rebirth After 9/11, in NEW YORK AFTER 9/11 (Susan Opotow & Zachary Baron Shemtob, eds., Fordham University Press, 2018)

Palestinian Territories, in CRIME AND PUNISHMENT AROUND THE WORLD, VOLUME 1: AFRICA AND THE MIDDLE EAST (Mahesh Nalla, ed., ABC-CLIO, 2010)

Edited Volumes

NEW YORK AFTER 9/11 (Fordham University Press, 2018) (co-edited with Susan Opotow)

Other Publications 

"Broader Implications Of High Court’s Identity Theft Law Ruling," Law360, June 16, 

2023 (with Gabrielle Friedman)

"Trump’s Supreme Court Picks Are Not Quite What You Think," THE NEW YORK TIMES,

Feb. 12, 2023 (with David Lat)

"Executions Should Be Televised," THE NEW YORK TIMES, Sunday Review, July

31, 2011 (with David Lat)

Academic Presentations

The Execution Should Be Televised: A Reappraisal, The American Criminal Justice Association, 2012 National Conference, New York, NY

Supreme Convolution: Gregg v. Georgia and the Nature of Supreme Court Decision- Making, The American Society of Criminology, 2011 Annual Meeting, Washington, DC

The Hole Left in Lower Manhattan: Rebuilding in the Aftermath of 9/11, Academic Conference: 9/11 Plus Ten: New York City in the Aftermath of September 11, 2011, The Graduate Center, City University of New York, New York, NY, 2011

Debating Death: Furman, Gregg, and Supreme Court Decision-Making, The Law and Society Association, 2011 Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA

Democracy on Display: The Case for Public Shaming Sanctions, The Common Study Programme in Critical Criminology, 2009 Common Sessions, Barcelona, Spain

Reviews

Review of J. Harvie Wilkinson III, COSMIC CONSTITUTIONAL THEORY, WHY 

AMERICANS ARE LOSING THEIR INALIEABLE TO SELF-GOVERNANCE (2012), in 22 LAW AND POLITICS BOOK REVIEW 4 (April 2012)

Review of Jessica Lincoln, TRANSITIONAL JUSTICE, PEACE AND ACCOUNTABILITY: OUTREACH AND THE ROLE OF INTERNATIONAL COURTS AFTER CONFLICT (2011), in 18 PEACE & CONFLICT: JOURNAL OF PEACE PSYCHOLOGY 418 (2012)

Review of Charles Fried and Gregory Fried, BECAUSE IT IS WRONG: TORTURE, 

PRIVACY, AND PRESIDENTIAL POWER IN THE AGE OF TERROR (2010), in 21 LAW AND POLITICS BOOK REVIEW 1 (January 2011)

Review of Garrett Wallace Brown, GROUNDING COSMOPOLITANISM (2009), in 20 LAW AND POLITICS BOOK REVIEW 10 (October 2010)

Review of David M. Oshinsky, CAPITAL PUNISHMENT ON TRIAL: FURMAN V.

GEORGIA AND THE DEATH PENALTY IN AMERICA (2010), in 20 LAW AND POLITICS BOOK REVIEW 6 (June 2010)

Podcasts

"9/11, PTSD & Rebuilding, American History Hit," Sept. 11, 2023 (with Susan Opotow)

"Irreconcilable Differences, An Interview With… My Husband," Zachary Baron Shemtob, 

Original Jurisdiction, July 26, 2023

Cruel & Unusual: A Podcast on Punishment, 2012-2016

University Service

Internship Supervisor, The Department of Criminology and Criminal Justice, Central Connecticut State University, 2012

Conference Co-Organizer, 9/11 Plus Ten: New York City in the Aftermath of September 11, 2001, The Graduate Center, City University of New York, 2011

Member, Executive Committee, John Jay College of Criminal Justice, City University of New York, Doctoral Program, 2008-2009

Teaching Fellowship, City University of New York, 2006-2010 

Professional Associations & Distinctions

Super Lawyers, Rising Star, Criminal Defense: White Collar, 2021-2023

Secretary, New York City Bar Association, Federal Courts Committee, 2016-2017 Member, New York City Bar Association

Bar Admission, New York

Bar Admission, United States District Court for the Southern District of New York

Areas of Research

Criminal Law

Criminal Procedure

Constitutional law

Legal Theory

Jurisprudence