Prior to joining LDF, Deuel spent two years at Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP, working on complex commercial and civil rights litigation. He co-authored amicus briefs in several recent LDF Supreme Court cases, including Shelby County, Alabama v. Holder, Arizona v. Inter Tribal Council of Arizona, and Magner v. Gallagher. He received his J.D. from the university of Pennsylvania Law School.