Office. Mr. Hines is admitted to practice before all courts in the District of Columbia, the State of Maryland, and the Commonwealth of Virginia. Mr. Hines graduated cum laude from James Madison University, and thereafter received his Juris Doctor (J.D.) from the George Mason University School of Law, in Arlington, Virginia. While in law school, Mr. Hines authored Melendez-Diaz v. Massachusetts: Forcing America to Pay the Premium for the Nation's New Confrontation Clause, which was published by the George Mason University Civil Rights Law Journal. Mr. Hines also served as the Senior Notes Editor for the law journal, and was an active member of the George Mason American Inn of Court.