Eric Oliver "Nick" Bravin was born on May 28,1971 and is an American fencer and lawyer.
16 Facts About Nick Bravin
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Nick Bravin was a four-time US National Champion, a three-time NCAA National Champion, and a two-time Olympian.
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Nick Bravin began fencing at the age of 12 at the Westside Fencing Center in Culver City, California.
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Nick Bravin graduated in 1988 from Hamilton High School, where he played for the football team.
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Nick Bravin competed in the foil events at the 1992 Olympics in Barcelona, and the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta.
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At Stanford University, where he majored in human biology and from which he graduated in 1993, Nick Bravin was three-time NCAA foil champion, as he had a college record of 208 victories and 5 defeats, and won four All-America awards.
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Nick Bravin won four US National foil championships: in 1991,1992,1994, and 1996, while coming in 2nd in 1995, and 1999.
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Nick Bravin was on the US Pan American Teams in 1991 and '95, and won two team silver medals as well as two individual bronze medals.
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Nick Bravin was the Pan-American Fencing Champion as both a junior and a senior.
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Nick Bravin was featured in the cover story of the May 1996, issue of Vanity Fair magazine.
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Nick Bravin continued on to a legal career, graduating from Columbia Law School, where he was a member of the Columbia Law Review, with a JD in 1998.
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Nick Bravin was an Acting Assistant Professor of Lawyering for four years at New York University School of Law.
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Nick Bravin has practiced in every level of federal and state court, as well as in mediations, arbitrations, and internal investigations.
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Nick Bravin's work has focused on criminal matters, including representation of the individual initially named as "a person of interest" in the anthrax mailings of 2001.
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Nick Bravin is of counsel to the Ellsworth Law Firm, where he works primarily on criminal and appellate cases.
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Nick Bravin writes on legal and non-legal issues, and his work has appeared in Foreign Policy magazine, Slate, and the Huffington Post.