He served in the Arkansas House of Representatives and on the Pulaski County Quorum Court for a total of eight years. As a state legislator, he received National Review’s national “Best Conservative Idea” award for his work on federalism issues; he also received the Arkansas Press Association’s Freedom of Information Award for his work on First Amendment issues.
He has also served as a Special Justice of the Arkansas Supreme Court and as senior policy advisor at the U.S. Department of Labor from 2017–2021. He has been an adjunct professor of law and political science at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock as well as senior counsel for the Center for Class Action Fairness.
He has published extensively on government and public policy in newspapers, magazines and academic journals, including pieces in the New York Times, the John Marshall Law Review, the Ohio State Law Journal, the Monist, and National Review. He holds degrees from Brown University, Bowling Green State University, and UALR’s Bowen School of Law.