Roy D. Cho

Roy D. Cho is the Democratic candidate for Congress from New Jersey's 5th Congressional District. He is a corporate mergers and acquisitions and private equity associate in the New York office of Kirkland & Ellis LLP. He was previously a corporate associate in the New York office of Dewey & LeBoeuf LLP where he participated in a four-month externship at the Lawyers Alliance for New York which provides nonprofits with legal
counsel and is dedicated to improving the quality of life for people in low-income communities. Roy earned his J.D. from Georgetown University Law Center where he served as the Editor in Chief of the Georgetown Immigration Law Journal. While studying at Georgetown Law as an evening student, Roy worked full-time as Correspondence Director to U.S. Senator Byron L. Dorgan. Prior to law school, Roy worked as an Aide to the Governor of New Jersey and as Special Assistant to James P. Fox, the Deputy Executive Director of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey. Roy earned his B.A. from Brown University.