Writing

Research Papers

Published on SSRN (Social Science Research Network). View full author page.

• The Desistance Presumption: The Emotional Stability Index (ESI) as a Clinical Tool for Federal Supervised Release Reform
  SSRN · June 2026 · Proposes a clinical instrument for individualized supervised release decisions post-Loper Bright
• No One Can Own the Language of Medicine: The Legal and Economic Case for an Open, AI-native Standard for Coding Medical Interventions
  SSRN · May 2026 · The case for open digital standards in medical coding
• Automaticity: When Legal Systems Fire Without Thinking Core reading
  SSRN · May 2026 · How administrative triggers operate independently of intent or proportionality
• Knowingly and Willfully: How Federal Healthcare Fraud Enforcement Abandoned Its Own Statutory Standard, and Why a Presidential Executive Order Cannot Fix It Alone Core reading
  SSRN · April 2026 · On the erosion of mens rea requirements in federal healthcare enforcement
• Restoring the Question: A Framework for Fairness, Proportionality, and Individualized Review in Private Professional Certification After Loper Bright Core reading
  SSRN · April 2026 · Private credentialing bodies as unaccountable gatekeepers after Loper Bright
• Ethical Triage: A Physician's Analysis of Legal Risk in Ambiguous Systems
  SSRN · March 2026 · Applying clinical decision frameworks to legal risk assessment
• Supervised Release and the Clarity Principle: Statutory Authority, Probation Officer Roles, and the Supervision Relationship after Loper Bright Core reading
  SSRN · March 2026 · What probation officers can and cannot legally require after the end of Chevron deference
• Reading § 3583(E): How Judicial Gloss Displaced the Statutory Standard for Supervised Release Modification and Termination Core reading
  SSRN · March 2026 · How courts rewrote the supervised release statute through accumulated interpretation
• When Intent Disappears: How Federal Health Care Enforcement Criminalizes Administrative Conduct Core reading
  SSRN · March 2026 · How billing and documentation errors became the basis for criminal prosecution

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