He received his undergraduate degree in Criminal Justice from the University of Nevada, Reno and his law degree from the William S. Boyd School of Law in Las Vegas, where he graduated magna cum laude. During law school he served as an extern to the Honorable Michael P. Villani of the Eighth Judicial District Court, was Editor-in-Chief of the UNLV Gaming Law Journal, and was a member of the Society of Advocates Moot Court Team. Following law school, he served as a law clerk to Justice Mark Gibbons of the Nevada Supreme Court. After his clerkship, he joined the Las Vegas law firm Kolesar & Leatham, where his practice consists primarily of commercial litigation and appeals.