Mr. Wheat is the General Counsel for Advancing American Freedom, and has filed 92 Amicus Briefs (49 in the Supreme Court) representing 326 organizations across the full spectrum of the conservative movement.
Mr. Wheat got his start as an intern in the House of Representatives. He was a legislative assistant in a personal office, counsel to the House Energy and Commerce Committee, and staff director and chief counsel to the Subcommittee on Criminal Justice, Drug Policy and Human Resources. He has also served in the U.S. Department of State and the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. He is a member of the board of Faith and Law.
He holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Spanish from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and a law degree at Scalia Law School.