He has experience in criminal law, family law, estate planning, probate, and civil litigation. He graduated with an Associate of Arts degree in Arabic from the Defense Language Institute while serving in the U.S. Army, and later earned a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology from CU Boulder. He was awarded the Juris Doctor degree from the University of Michigan Law School in 2016. He is a member of the Colorado Bar, American Bar Association, Colorado Bar Association, Larimer County Bar Association, and the Colorado Trial Lawyers Association.