After law school Gartenstein-Ross worked as a law clerk on the
United States Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit, and was subsequently employed in a
New York City law firm. Following his work as a litigator, Gartenstein-Ross served at
Steven Emerson's
Investigative Project on Terrorism and started his own counter-terrorism consulting business. Gartenstein-Ross is the author of
From Energy Crisis to Energy Security> and
The Afghanistan-Pakistan Theater: Militant Islam, Security and Stability. His writings on political violence have been published in
Middle East Quarterly,
The Atlantic,
The Journal of International Security Affairs,
The New York Times,
The Wall Street Journal Europe,
Foreign Policy,
The Times of India, and
Foreign Affairs. In 2015, he was given the Outstanding New Director award by the American Debate Association. He has given testimony on political violence to the
United States Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, and the
United States House Committee on Financial Services. ==''Bin Laden's Legacy''==