Brett Freedman

Brett Freedman most recently served as the Chief of Staff for Assistant Attorney General Matthew G. Olsen of the National Security Division at the Department of Justice. Previously, Brett spent seven years working for the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence as both Minority Counsel for Senator Diann Feinstein and subsequently as General Counsel for Chairman Mark Warner. Prior to returning to Capitol Hill, Mr. Freedman served in the Executive Branch as Senior Associate General Counsel advising the Director of the National Counterterrorism Center within the Office of the Director of National Intelligence and as an Attorney-Advisor in the National Security Agency’s Office of General Counsel. In 2013, Brett was selected to serve as Counsel to the President’s Review Group on Intelligence and Communications Technologies that stood up following the unauthorized disclosures by Edward Snowden.

After law school, Brett served in the Middlesex District Attorney’s Office and subsequently returned to the federal government as a contractor at the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) Office of Investment and Trade where he was a member of the interagency Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States team. Prior to law school, Brett served as a Presidential Management Fellow for DHS in the Bureau of Customs and Border Protection and as an Advisor to Former Secretary Ridge in the Office of International Affairs. Brett’s career in public service began immediately after college when he was hired as a Legislative Assistant for Congressman Michael E. Capuano (D-MA). Brett received his Bachelor of Arts (BA) in International Relations from Boston University, a Master of Arts in Law and Diplomacy (MALD) from the Fletcher School at Tufts University, and a Juris Doctor (JD) degree from Suffolk University Law School.