Former Minority Caucus Chief Deputy Whip, Georgia State House of Representatives

Representative, Georgia State House of Representatives, District 81, 2013-2025

Candidate, Georgia State House of Representatives, District 101, 2024

Candidate, Georgia State House of Representatives, District 81, 2022

Representative, Georgia State House of Representatives, District 82, 2011-2013

Member, Appropriations Committee

Member, Defense and Veterans Affairs Committee

Member, Higher Education Committee

Member, Public Safety and Homeland Security Committee

Member, Rules Committee

Member, Subcommittee on Judicial

Member, Technology and Infrastructure Innovation Committee

Member, Ways and Means Committee

Member, Appropriations Committee, Georgia State House of Representatives, present

Member, Defense & Veterans Affairs Committee, Georgia State House of Representatives, present

Member, Higher Education Committee, Georgia State House of Representatives, present

Member, Judiciary Committee, Georgia State House of Representatives, present

Member, Public Safety and Homeland Security Committee, Georgia State House of Representatives, present

Member, Rules Committee, Georgia State House of Representatives, present

Member, Technology and Infrastructure Innovation Committee, Georgia State House of Representatives, present

Member, Ways & Means Committee, Georgia State House of Representatives, present

Former Member, Juvenile Justice Committee, Georgia State House of Representatives

Former Member, Special Committee on Access to the Civil Justice System, Georgia State House of Representatives

Former Teacher, Georgia Tech Sam Nunn School of International Affairs

Former Lawyer, Sutherland Asbill & Brennan

Former Prosecutor/Advisor, United States Army Judge Advocate General Corps

Attorney/Partner, Holcomb and Ward Law Firm, Limited Liability Partnership, 2011-Present

Arbitrator, Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, 2010-Present

General Counsel, J.P. Turner & Company, Limited Liability Corporation, 2007

Served, Air National Guard, 1998-2004

Board of Advisors, Georgia Lawyer Chapter, American Constitution Society, 2014-present

Committee Member, State Bar of Georgia Suicide Prevention and Awareness Committee, 2013-present

Committee Member, Military Legal Assistance Program Committee, State Bar of Georgia, 2008-present

Member, Council on Foreign Relations, 2006-present

Member, American Legion, present

Member, Immaculate Heart of Mary Church, present

Member, Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America, present

Principal, Truman National Security Project, present

Member, Tucker Civic Association, present

Member, Veterans of Foreign Wars, present

Former Adviser, Northlake Community Alliance

Trustee, Georgia Perimeter College Foundation, 2010-2014

Trustee, HOPE Atlanta, 2010-2014

Trustee, Georgia Asylum and Immigration Network, 2010-2013

Awards:

Environmental Leadership Award, Georgia Conservation Voters, 2011, 2012;
Lawyers Foundation of Georgia Fellow, 2011;
Georgia Trend 40 Under 40, 2012;
American Marshall Memorial Fellow;
Manfred Worner Fellow;
Emerging Leader in Environmental and Energy Policy;
NewDEAL Leader;
French-American Foundation Young Leader

Publications:

View from the Legal Frontlines, Chicago Journal of International Law, 2003

Operation Enduring Freedom: The Use of Force in Self-Defense against Al-Qaida and the Taliban