After graduating summa cum laude from George Mason University School of Law, where he served as editor-in-chief of the George Mason Law Review, he clerked for the Honorable Stephanie D. Thacker of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit and the Honorable Paul W. Grimm of the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland.  

Mr. Brooks is a former journalist, having worked as a political reporter and columnist for New Hampshire’s statewide daily newspaper.  He later served as a political and economic analyst at the United States embassy in Algiers, Algeria.

He is a member of the District of Columbia and Virginia bars, and is admitted to practice in the Fourth Circuit and the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland.