Vanessa is an associate in the firm's litigation practice group. Prior to joining the firm, Vanessa served as a law clerk to a magistrate judge on the United States District Court, District of New Jersey and to a judge on the New Jersey Superior Court, Appellate Division. In law school, Vanessa was a student attorney with the Georgetown Civil Rights Clinic, a summer associate at Georgetown’s Institute for Constitutional Advocacy and Protection, and an extern at Americans United for Separation of Church and State.