Legal Services & Lawyers

Jonathan Fredman graduated from Princeton University in 1979 magna cum laude with an A.B. in Public and International Affairs, and received his J.D. from Columbia Law School in 1983, where he was a Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar.

Prior to entering government, Mr. Fredman was an attorney in private practice with the firm of Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton and Garrison in New York and Washington, and a law clerk for U.S. District Judge Charles M. Metzner of the Southern District of New York.

Mr. Fredman is the author of "Covert Action, Loss of Life, and the Prohibition on Assassination," published in Studies in Intelligence vol. 40, no. 2, December 1996, and in the May 1997 semi-annual unclassified edition of Studies, and of "Intelligence Agencies, Law Enforcement, and the Prosecution Team," published in the Yale Law and Policy Review, vol. 16, no. 2 (1998). Most recently he published "Covert Action Policy and Procedure" in the ABA's National Security Law Report, vol. 31, nos. 3-4 (2009).

He is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations.

Jonathan Fredman's Specialties:

Jonathan M. Fredman, "Intelligence Agencies, Law Enforcement, and the Prosecution Team," Yale Law and Policy Review, 1998, Vol. 16, No. 2, pp. 331-376. (Link at the Publications tab)

Jonathan M. Fredman, "Covert Action Policy and Procedure," ABA National Security Law Report, July-October 2009, Vol. 31, Nos. 3-4, pp. 6-9. (Link at the Publications tab)