Previously she was Counsel for the Democracy Program at the Brennan Center for Justice at NYU School of Law, working on campaign finance reform and fair courts. Ms. Torres-Spelliscy earned her B.A. magna cum laude from Harvard. She earned her J.D. from Columbia Law School. She is the editor of the 2010 Edition of Writing Reform: A Guide to Drafting State & Local Campaign Finance Laws, and the author of "Has the Tide Turned in Favor of Disclosure? Revealing Money in Politics After Citizens United and Doe v. Reed." She provides constitutional and legislative guidance to lawmakers who are drafting bills. In 2010, she testified before Congress. She worked as an associate at the law firm of Arnold & Porter LLP and was a staff member of Senator Richard Durbin.