Nick Suplina
Nick brings 20 years of legal and policy experience in the public and private sectors to the role of Senior Vice President for Law and Policy of Everytown for Gun Safety, the nation’s largest gun violence prevention organization. In this role, he oversees the organizational strategy for federal, state, and local policy, community safety initiatives, research and investigations. He regularly advises and has served on the transition teams of Governors, Attorneys General, Mayors and District Attorneys.
Directly prior to joining Everytown, he served as Senior Advisor and Special Counsel to the New York State Attorney General, where he formulated legal strategies in the areas of criminal justice, public safety, technology, and government integrity.
Nick has handled both sides of complex criminal and civil cases as an assistant attorney general in the Criminal Division of the New York Attorney General’s Office and as a litigation attorney at the law firm of Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler. Prior to beginning private practice, Nick clerked for the Honorable Richard Conway Casey in the District Court for the Southern District of New York.
Nick has appeared on national television news outlets and has been quoted in The New York Times, Wall Street Journal, USA Today, Rolling Stone, Vice, Politico, and others. He graduated with high honors from the George Washington University Law School and received his BA from Wesleyan University.