Barry Pollack Featured in Lawdragon Lawyer Limelight

April 4, 2025

HSW partner Barry Pollack is the focus of a new Lawyer Limelight feature from @Lawdragon.

The profile details the 12 years Barry spent defending Julian Assange, the founder of WikiLeaks, against efforts by the U.S. government to extradite and prosecute him under the Espionage Act for disseminating government information. Assange was the first publisher ever charged under the Act, and the case raised concerns among First Amendment advocates. Last June, Barry brokered the deal that saw Assange released from a British prison and returned to his native Australia.

The profile also explores Barry’s approach to the white-collar criminal cases he takes on, which become personal for him. He told Lawdragon: “Typically, when I meet with a client, they are facing what may be the worst crisis that they have ever faced. And at the end of the day, it's no longer a stranger who I'm seeing get through to the other side of this terrible piece of their life. It's somebody that I've come to know and respect.”

For more about Barry, his work defending Julian Assange, and his career as a leading white-collar defense attorney, check out the full Lawdragon profile here.