James Fallows Tierney

Chicago Kent College of Law

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Jurisdictions Admitted to Practice

U.S. District Courts for the District of Columbia and the District of Massachusetts

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Professional Experience

Senior counsel, Office of the General Counsel: Office of the General Counsel U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission; 2015 - 2020

Associate, Supreme Court and Appellate Litigation practice: Mayer Brown; 2012 - 2015

Judicial clerk to the Honorable Mary Schroeder, Circuit Judge: United States Courts for the Ninth Circuit; 2011 - 2012

Education

The University of Chicago Law School: J.D.; 2008 - 2011; Honors: Joseph Henry Beale prize for highest distinction in legal writing and research (2009); Ignacio Martín Baró prize for best paper in the University of Chicago Human Rights Program (2009); Activities: University of Chicago Law Review (executive articles & book reviews editor, v.78, 2011); American Civil Liberties Union (chapter president, 2011); Faculty appointments committee (2010).

University of Chicago: M.A. (2007) | International Relations; 2006 - 2007; Concentration in national security and foreign relations law; Thesis addressed indefinite detention of suspected terrorists.

Brown University: A.B. (2006) | Political Science; 2003 - 2006; Activities: University Disciplinary Committee (2006); Brown Outing Club (president, 2006)