I graduated cum laude from the University of San Diego School of Law in 1997; at USD I was as an editor of the San Diego Law Review and was awarded membership in the Order of the Coif. I received a B.A. from the University of California at San Diego in 1994, and studied film at New York University's Tisch School of the Arts from 1986-87. I was a National Merit Scholar Finalist, graduating from Malvern Preparatory School in Malvern, PA.