He earned his BA, magna cum laude, from the University of Pennsylvania, and his JD, magna cum laude, from the Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law in New York, where he served as editor-in-chief of the Cardozo Law Review. He also clerked for Hon. Edward J. Davila of the United States District Court for the Northern District of California, and Hon. Arthur L. Alarcón and Hon. Paul J. Watford of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.