Employer: Davis Wright Tremaine
Title and Practice Area: Counsel, First Amendment Media Law

What was the most valuable lesson you learned in your first year of practice? Representing prisoners at Guantanamo Bay, I saw how essential it is that the legal community step up to serve those who have nowhere else to turn. That work helped me understand what kind of lawyer I wanted to be: one who defends constitutional rights, even for those who are unpopular.