Connor Brashear focuses his practice on complex litigation matters. He previously worked as a Summer Associate at WilmerHale. Before joining the firm, he served as a legal intern in the Office of the Legal Adviser at the US Department of State, where he focused on domestic and international legal issues including sovereign and diplomatic immunities. He also held legal internships at the United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights and the United Nations International Law Commission in Geneva, Switzerland. 

Earlier in his career, Mr. Brashear served as the Chief of Staff to the Chief Financial Officer in the Chicago Mayor’s Office, where he helped shape financial and public policy for the city. He began his career as an investment banking analyst at HSBC Securities.

While in law school, Mr. Brashear was an articles and essays editor on the Yale Law Journal, co-president of the Yale Law National Security Group, and a member of the San Francisco Affirmative Litigation Project and Media Freedom and Information Access clinics. He also served as a teaching and research assistant to the former Legal Adviser of the US Department of State, Professor Harold Hongju Koh, and as a research assistant to Dean Heather K. Gerken and Professor Oona A. Hathaway. He was a 2025 Salzburg Lloyd N. Cutler Fellow.