Brian Tronic

Brian Tronic is an international human rights lawyer based in Washington DC. He serves as Director of the Fred Hiatt Program to Free Political Prisoners, where he works to protect and secure the release of persecuted human rights defenders, journalists, and prodemocracy activists, as well as promote democratic freedoms throughout the world. He previously served as Counsel at Perseus Strategies, where he represented some of the most high-profile political prisoners in the world, including Nobel Peace Prize Laureates, former heads of state, and leading activists and opposition leaders. Brian has over a decade of human rights experience, which includes working at a human rights organization in South India through the William J. Clinton Fellowship for Service in India; teaching academic and clinical courses at Fordham Law School, Jindal Global Law School (India), and Georgetown University Law Center; and creating and supervising advocacy projects on LGBT rights, women’s rights, and the right to health in Bangladesh, India, Kenya, and Uganda. Before attending law school, he served as a Peace Corps Volunteer in rural Kenya, where he taught Math and Physics at a small village high school. He is a graduate of Penn Law School and holds an LL.M. from Georgetown University Law Center and a B.A. (Math, Philosophy) from the University of Virginia. He is a member of the Massachusetts bar and the District of Columbia bar.