John Liolos is presently pursuing doctoral studies on a fellowship at Columbia University. He has practiced law at Sullivan & Cromwell LLP in New York City. Prior to that, he served as a judicial law clerk to the Honorable Robert E. Bacharach on the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit and the Honorable Matthew W. Brann on the United States District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania. He holds a J.D., magna cum laude, Order of the Coif, from Boston College Law School, and B.A.s, cum laude, in History and Philosophy from Boston College.