What was the most valuable lesson you learned in your first year of practice? Success depends on taking personal ownership of one’s own path. That means not only relentlessly taking advantage of opportunities when they are offered, but also making opportunities for oneself.

Describe your biggest win or accomplishment in practice. My 9-0 victory in the U.S. Supreme Court in the Maryland congressional redistricting case was a big win. It revived a case that was on life support before my involvement. And as a result, we are now poised to change the law of partisan gerrymandering.