Biography
In February 2003, I enlisted in the U.S. Army and completed Basic Combat Training at Fort Benning, Georgia. I began Officer Candidate School in January 2004; upon graduation, I received a commission and have since earned a promotion to Captain. I joined the Fourth Infantry Division at Fort Hood, Texas, where I became a platoon leader in Bravo Battery of the 2-77th Field Artillery. We deployed to Central Iraq from 2005 to 2006.
I graduated from Harvard Law School in June 2001. Following the New York State Bar Exam, I worked for the Manhattan-based law firm of Sullivan & Cromwell and was admitted to the New York State bar and the federal bar of the Southern and Eastern Districts of New York. I completed a one-year clerkship with the Hon. Barrington D. Parker, Jr. of the U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.
Born on November 5, 1976, I was educated in New York State's public schools, graduating from Paul D. Schreiber High School in 1994. I earned a B.A. with honors in History and Humanities from Yale University in 1998 and received a Master's Degree in History from Yale in the same year.
While in law school, I enjoyed teaching at Harvard College. In the spring of 2001, I taught two sections of "Ancient Greek Democracy," and in the fall of 2000 I led two discussion sections of a Classical art history class, earning the Harvard University Distinction in Teaching Award for the second year in a row. In 1999 I taught an undergraduate modern literature section.
Before law school, I worked as a journalist, editing several weekly Long Island newspapers, including the Three Village Times and the Floral Park Dispatch. I also worked as a reporter for the Port Washington News, the Southampton Press, and the Associated Press.
Candace April Rand of Thornwood, New York, and I were married on June 16, 2001. Our daughter, Lilah, was born on August 9, 2006. My family and I have returned to New York, where I am serving as an Assistant District Attorney for Suffolk County and as a Captain in the New York Army National Guard.