Rachel most recently served as an attorney in the Department of Justice on the Civil Division’s Appellate Staff. Before joining DOJ, she served as a law clerk to Chief Judge Diane P. Wood of the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, and Judge John D. Bates of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia. Previously, she has worked for the Department of Health and Human Services, implementing Obamacare in Medicare, as well as on national political campaigns. During law school, Rachel worked for the Senate Judiciary Committee and for Gupta Wessler, a public-interest law firm. Rachel received her J.D. from Harvard Law School.