First Admitted: 2011, California

Bar / Professional Activity:

Texas
U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas
U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas
U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas
U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas
U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Supreme Court of the United States
District of Columbia Bar
California
Executive Committee, Garland R. Walker American Inn of Court, 2022
Editorial Board Member, Bearings Legal Resources: Texas Civil Litigation, 2022
Vice President, Federal Bar Association, Southern District of Texas Chapter, 2022
Member, Vanderbilt Law Review Alumni Advisory Committee, 2022
Member, Houston Bar Association, 2022
Member, State Bar of Texas Appellate Section, 2014

Pro bono / Community Service:

Honors:

Executive Editor, Vanderbilt Law Review, 2010
Selected, Order of the Coif
Graduate, With Highest Honors
Awarded for work on prosecution (United States v. Guerra & Fowler), U.S. Attorney's Award, U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of Texas, 2019
Awarded for work on prosecution (United States v. Reyes-Diaz), U.S. Attorney's Award, U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of Texas, 2019
Awarded for work on appeal (United States v. Reyes-Contrera), U.S. Attorney's Award, U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of Texas, 2019
Awarded for work on postconviction (United States v. Contreras), U.S. Attorney's Award, U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of Texas, 2018
Awarded for work on prosecution (U.S. v. Edwards), U.S. Attorney's Award, U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of Texas, 2017
Awarded for most outstanding student writing published in Vanderbilt Law Review, Morgan Prize, Vanderbilt University Law School, 2010
Awarded for extraordinary achievement in study of litigation & dispute resolution., Branstetter Litigation & Dispute Resolution Program Award, Vanderbilt University Law School, 2010

Educational Background:

Vanderbilt University Law School
University of Michigan, B.A. in History and Political Science, Honors: History Department's Arthur Fondiler Award; Graduated with the highest honors., 2007

Scholarly Lectures / Writings:

64 Vand. L. Rev. 1397 (2011), Author, Foreword: Richard A. Nagareda, In Memoriam, Vanderbilt Law Review, 2011
62 Vand. L. Rev. 1535 (2009), Author, The Hidden Second Amendment Framework within District of Columbia v. Heller, Vanderbilt Law Review, 2009

Other Outstanding Achievements:

Ranked in Chambers USA 2022 Guide in Texas: Litigation - Appellate (Up and Coming), 2022
Law Clerk to the Hon. Lee H. Rosenthal, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Southern District of Texas (2011-12), 2011
Law Clerk to the Hon. Raymond M. Kethledge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit (2010-11), 2010

Andrew Gould