Nicole Walker grew up in Fort Worth, Texas, but spent part of the year attending Phillips Academy in Andover, Massachusetts. She obtained her bachelor’s degree from Swarthmore College in the Philadelphia suburbs and received her J.D. from Georgetown University Law Center. While in law school, she served on the executive boards for the Modern Critical Race Perspective Journal and Black Law Student’s Association.

She clerked for the Delaware Department of Justice in Wilmington, Delaware, and externed at the United States Special Counsel’s office in Washington, D.C. After graduation, Nicole initially practiced employment law at the Texas Workforce Commission. In her spare time, Nicole enjoys live theater, teppanyaki dining, and traveling with her husband, James, and their Pomeranians.