I am honored to have been selected by Forbes Magazine as one of the top 30 people under the age of 30 in the field of law and policy. I just made the cut, as I’m a senior on the list at the ripe old age of 29. I’m especially flattered because the Judges were Professor Bill Eskridge, Greta Van Susteren, and Ronan Farrow.
Here are all of the winners (myself included):
- Nate Levine, 22, Founder, OpenGov
- Josh Blackman, 29, Assistant professor of law, South Texas College of Law, Houston
- Amanda Brown, 28, National political director, Rock the Vote
- Adam Chandler, 29, Attorney, Department of Justice
- Leif Dautch, 28, Deputy attorney general, California Department of Justice
- David Demirbilek, 28, Minority counsel, Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee
- Audrey Gelman, 26, Vice president, SKDKnickerbocker
- Jake Heller, 29 Cofounder, Casetext
- Solomon Hsiang, 29, Assistant professor of public policy, University of California, Berkeley
- Tim Hwang, 27 Partner, Robot, Robot & Hwang
- Cristina Jimenez, 29 Managing director, United We Dream
- Noorain Khan, 29 Associate, Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz
- Derek Khanna, 25 Tech policy scholar, Activist
- Eric King, 24 Head of research, Privacy International
- Aaron Letzeiser, 24 Founder, Medical Amnesty Initiative
- Yihong “Julie” Mao, 27 Attorney, New Orleans Workers’ Center for Racial Justice
- Blake Masters, 27 Cofounder, Judicata
- Jonathan Mayer, 26 Cybersecurity fellow, Center for International Security and Cooperation
- Teryn Norris, 25 Commercialization & manufacturing specialist, U.S. Department of Energy
- Corey Owens, 29 Head of public policy, Uber
- Jonathan Fantini Porter, 29 Chief of staff, Department of Homeland Security
- Jessica Schumer, 29 Chief of staff, Council of Economic Advisers, Executive Office of the President
- Amie Stepanovich, 28 Director, domestic surveillance project, Electronic Privacy Information Center
- Nabiha Syed, 28 Attorney, Levine Sullivan Koch & Schulz
- Trevor Timm, 29 Executive director, Freedom of the Press Foundation
- Rebecca Vallas, 29 Deputy director of government affairs, National Organization of Social Security Claimants’ Representatives
- Heather West, 29 Policy analyst, Google
- Cody R. Wilson, 25 Founder, Defense Distributed
- Lauren Wilson, 26 Policy counsel, Free Press
- Daniel Zolnikov, 26 State representative, Montana House District 47
Congratulations to all!