Like many tortured souls, my childhood and adolescence were spent in small-town America, where athletics and minor vices ranked high atop the list of social desirability. Being neither athletic nor prone to mischief, my popularity perennially hovered just below the FFA students who reeked of pig shit and Skoal.
With a bit of luck, I managed to slink my way into Dartmouth College where I quickly learned how misinformed I had been. Despite having grown up more than a bit self-righteous, I was forced to humbly conclude that the minor vices, in fact, weren't bad at all. Naturally and perhaps consequently, the four years of college went by much too fast, and I found myself departing from Hanover with my Gentleman's B. Like a good masochist, after a two-year hiatus in Boston, I eventually made my way to law school at the University of Arizona, James E. Rogers College of Law.
During law school, I learned a lot about the law, and a lot about life. Notably, my stint here in Tucson landed me a gig as a Morris K. Udall Congressional Intern, and inexplicably my companion for life. On August 15, 2009, just before the start of 3L, I married Gwyn Hamrick (now Fodder) of Bloomington, IN. We have one dog child, an adorable Pit Bull named Alexas. If you're curious, you can check out my wedding reflections here.
After law school, I actually signed up for two more years of education. This year (2012), I will complete my doctorate, earning an S.J.D. in Indigenous Peoples Law and Policy. I defend my dissertation on libertarianism and Indian rights in April.
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