Is this the guy Kappy was singing about in his brackets and jackets song?
Rao was a Deputy Associate Counsel in the Office of the White House Counsel from 2012 to 2013, where he vetted President Barack Obama’s executive branch nominees (including candidates for the Cabinet and other Senate-confirmed positions). He joined the U.S. Department of Justice in 2007 as an Assistant U.S. Attorney in the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Western District of Tennessee (Memphis). Prior to working for the U.S. Department of Justice, Rao was an Assistant District Attorney in the New York County District Attorney’s Office and an associate at Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP in New York, New York.