Zachary Clopton

Zachary D. Clopton is an Assistant United States Attorney in Chicago.

Mr. Clopton earned his B.A. from Yale University and has an M.Phil. in international relations from Cambridge University, where he was a Gates Foundation Scholar. Mr. Clopton has a J.D. from Harvard Law School and he clerked for the Honorable Diane P. Wood of the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit. In private practice, Mr. Clopton worked in the national security group at Wilmer Hale in Washington, D.C. He also served as a Senior Fellow at the International Security & Biopolicy Institute.

Mr. Clopton’s research and teaching interests include international law, constitutional law, national security, legislation, international institutions, and indigenous peoples law.