I'm an Assistant Professor in the University of Illinois College of Law, where I work at the intersection of law and philosophy, with an emphasis on constitutional and statutory interpretation, precedential reasoning, and the nature of law. My scholarship appears or is forthcoming in law reviews like the Northwestern University Law Review and Boston University Law Review, as well as peer-reviewed journals like Law and Philosophy and Legal Theory.

I received my JD from the University of Chicago Law School and my PhD in Philosophy from Cornell University. As a law student, I served as the Book Review & Essays Editor for the University of Chicago Law Review. Following law school, I clerked for Judge Jay Bybee of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit and practiced commercial litigation with Kirkland & Ellis. I was a Climenko Fellow at Harvard Law School before joining the University of Illinois in 2024.

I live in Urbana, Illinois with my wife, Kate Blackwood, and our son. Outside of my research and teaching, I enjoy running, yoga, and reading fiction. Follow the links below to learn more about my work or to connect with me online.