Tulane University, J.D. (Honors) 2021

London School of Economics and Political Science, MSc. (Honors)  2017

Tel Aviv University, B.A. (Honors) 2015

Rhodes College, B.A., 2014

Of Counsel, Relentless Advocacy, PLLC  (2024 – 2025)

Represent individuals in 1983 civil rights matters, mainly unconstitutional arrests, and take appointed cases from the Middle District of Tennessee on criminal matters.

Assistant Solicitor General & Strategic Litigation Counsel  (2024)

Represented Tennessee in all stages of litigation including penning motions and appeals. Written appellate briefs in the Sixth, Tenth and Eighth Circuits. Reviewed and edited appellate briefs in most circuits as well as for the United States Supreme Court.

Assistant Federal Public Defender  (2022- 2024)

Represented defendants throughout the cycle of criminal cases and proceedings; pre-indictment and through the appellate process. Appeared predominantly in the Sixth Circuit and the Western District of Tennessee. However, worked with criminal defense attorneys in the Fifth and Seventh Circuits on Bruen and discussions regarding Rahimi and the Federal Defenders’ approach to Second Amendment jurisprudence. General duties included trials, appeals, suppression motions, proffers, and sentencing.

Associate Attorney, Evans Petree, P.C. (2021 – 2022)

Litigation attorney at a large firm in Memphis. Independently handled discovery items, penned motions, defended and took depositions. Practice involved commercial litigation, white collar issues, and luxury estate disputes.

Professor, Christian Brothers University (2019 – 2024)

Lecturer in history, politics and philosophy. Courses included US constitutional law and theory, US history, Middle Eastern history, and political philosophy.

• Tennessee Bar Association YLD, Publication Committee Chair, 2025-Present.

• Tennessee Bar Association YLD, West Tennessee House Delegate, 2023-2025.

• Named as a Top 20 under 30 young leader in Memphis, 2021.  https://www.memphisflyer.com/20-lt-30-the-class-of-2021

• Honorable Blake West Scholar, Tulane University.

• Member of Pro Bono Krewe, Tulane University.

• Senior Notes & Comments Editor, Tulane Law Journal, Tulane University.

• Moot Court, winner of intercollegiate energy law symposium, Tulane University.

• Founding member and student attorney, Tulane University First Amendment Clinic. 

• Research assistant to Professor Robert Sloan, Tulane University.

• Clerking Intern for the Honorable John Fowlkes, United States District Court, Western District of Tennessee.

• B. Mounce, The Executive’s Orders, Commercial Appeal, 2025 https://www.commercialappeal.com/opinion/
• B. Mounce, The Sixth Circuit’s Second Amendment Test, Memphis Lawyer, Memphis Bar Journal, 2025                                                
• B. Mounce, A Call for Public Defense, Tennessee Bar Journal YLD, 2025                                                                     
• B. Mounce, The Test after Williams, A Second Amendment Issue, University of St. Andrews Law Review, 2025 https://www.standrewslawreview.com/post/the-test-after-williams
• B. Mounce, Due Process, the Fourteenth Amendment and Donald Trump, Tennessean, 2023 https://www.tennessean.com/story/opinion/contributors/2023/12/28/colorado-supreme-court-trump-presidential-ballot-constitution-due-process-5th-14th-amendments/72049528007/
• B. Mounce, Our Worry in the Shadow: The Supreme Court and the Shadow Docket, Commercial Appeal, 2023 https://www.commercialappeal.com/story/opinion/contributors/2023/01/30/supreme-court-shadow-docket-overuse-is-antithetical-to-constitution/69837677007/
• B. Mounce, What makes the United States great?, The Fayette Falcon, 2021
• B. Mounce, Nuclear Power Plant Decommissioning: Who pays the cataclysmic price?, Tulane Environmental Law Journal, 2021
• B. Mounce, Liberty at a Crossroad, Tennessean, 2020 https://www.tennessean.com/story/opinion/2020/04/30/covid-19-puts-our-liberties-crossroads/3058091001/