Medha Gargeya: Associate Counsel to VP Kamala Harris, U.S. Air Force Reservist, Adjunct Professor

In this episode, Simi speaks with Medha Gargeya: Associate Counsel to Vice President Kamala Harris, reservist with the U.S. Air Force Judge Advocate General (JAG) Corps, and Adjunct Professor of Law.

As Associate Counsel at the White House, Medha helps manage ethics and oversight for the Vice President's office and works on policy areas ranging from criminal justice to voting and reproductive rights. She is a member of the reserve force of the of U.S. Air Force Judge Advocate General (JAG) Corps, the legal arm of the U.S. military's air force.

She previously worked at the international law firm, WilmerHale LLP, where she focused on administrative law, appeals, and anti-discrimination matters.  Medha's foray into government service began in 2020, when she worked on voter protection for the Biden-Harris campaign in North Carolina and eventually worked on judicial nominations during the Presidential Transition.  The year prior, Medha was a law clerk to the Honorable Roger Wollman of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit.  She has also spent time as an adjunct professor at the University of South Dakota School of Law teaching Art Law.  Medha received her A.B. and J.D. from Harvard University in 2014 and 2019 respectively. In this episode, Simi peels back the layers on Medha’s passion for service and her dynamic range of legal experiences across the three branches of American government.

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