Before joining Protect Democracy, Deana served as an Assistant U.S. Attorney in the District of Massachusetts, where she spent four years leading investigations and civil enforcement actions in the areas of healthcare fraud, consumer protection, and civil rights. She previously represented clients in complex commercial litigation and appeals at Bingham McCutchen LLP. After law school, Deana served as a law clerk to the Honorable Jon O. Newman of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit and the Honorable Robert P. Patterson, Jr., of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York. Deana was also a U.S. Fulbright Scholar in Cairo, Egypt.