Professor Cross received a J.D. from Yale Law School, an M.A. in English from the University of California, Irvine, and a B.A. from Dartmouth College. After graduating from law school, Professor Cross served as a Counsel in the Office of the Legislative Counsel to the U.S. House of Representatives, an office that works with all the committees and Members of the House of Representatives to draft legislation on a non-partisan, impartial, and confidential basis. In this role, Professor Cross drafted legislation relating to the Medicare program and the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (commonly known as “Obamacare”), as well as legislation relating to health information technology and health care fraud, waste, and abuse.