Robert Andrew Friedman is an Associate in the Washington D.C. office of Venable LLP. Robert is a non-resident Fellow at the Georgetown Center on National Security and the Law and a Truman National Security Fellow. Most recently, he was a Law Clerk on the Senate Judiciary Committee staff of Chairman Patrick Leahy (D-RI) where he worked on national security issues and executive and judicial nominations. He was previously an aide to Congressman Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) where he handled speechwriting, policy analysis and constituent outreach in the areas of immigration, education, and housing. Robert has also worked for the vice chair of the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. Robert graduated cum laude from the Georgetown University Law Center where he was the Senior Notes Editor for the Georgetown Journal of Gender and the Law. He received a B.A. in political science from Emory University and studied public international law and conflict resolution at John Cabot University in Rome, Italy. He is currently pursuing an M.A. in Government from Johns Hopkins University.