Cody Poplin

Poplin is an attorney with the law firm Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP. His practice focuses on complex civil litigation as well as investigations and regulatory compliance issues broadly related to national security, emerging technologies, and the First Amendment. Poplin previously clerked for the Honorable Raymond W. Gruender of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit and the Honorable Dabney L. Friedrich of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. He graduated from Yale Law School, where he was Executive Editor of the Yale Law Journal and a contributor to Lawfare. In law school, Poplin also interned in the General Counsel’s office of the Department of Defense and in the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Connecticut. Prior to law school, Poplin worked in the Governance Studies program at the Brookings Institution and as a Managing Editor of Lawfare. He has published widely on numerous national security topics, including sanctions, surveillance, cyber security, constitutional war powers, and the United States’ geostrategic position in Asia.