Welcome! I am an associate professor at Fordham University School of Law, where I teach civil procedure and intellectual property. My research is on the political economy of regulation, with a focus on American law and courts. I use formal and quantitative methods alongside doctrinal analysis. My work has been published in peer-reviewed journals such as the Journal of Law & Economics and the Journal of Empirical Legal Studies, as well as in law reviews.

I got my Ph.D. from the Department of Politics at Princeton University, where I received a Charlotte Elizabeth Procter Honorific Fellowship for "the highest scholarly excellence in graduate work." At Princeton, I was an affiliate of the Center for the Study of Democratic Politics (CSDP), the Program in Law and Public Affairs (LAPA), and the Center for Information Technology Policy (CITP).

I was born and raised in Iran. Before embarking on an academic career, I was a litigator in New York and a law clerk to federal judges.

Selected Publications

"The Role of Courts in Technology Policy." The Journal of Law & Economics (2018).

"Religion and Judging on the Federal Courts of Appeals" (with Lawrence Liu). Journal of Empirical Legal Studies (2017).

"The Nirvana Fallacy in Fair Use Reform." Minnesota Journal of Law, Science & Technology (2015).

"The Design of Useful Article Exclusion: A Way Out of the Mess." Journal of the Copyright Society of the U.S.A. (2010).

Student Note, "Politics Under the Cover of Law: Can International Law Help Resolve the Iran Nuclear Crisis?" Boston University International Law Journal (2007).

Selected Honors and Awards

Charlotte Elizabeth Procter Honorific Fellowship