Atman Trivedi serves as Defense Counsel to Senator John Kerry.  Atman works on defense, foreign policy, and homeland security issues, and assists Senator Kerry in his role as chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations subcommittee on the Near East, South and Central Asia.  He previously worked as an attorney for four years at Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP on matters at the intersection of national security, trade, and commerce.  Prior to his time at WilmerHale LLP, Atman has held positions as a national security analyst at SAIC and as a Junior Fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.  He has also worked on national security matters at the State Department (India desk office), the Defense Department (Office of General Counsel), the Government Accountability Office and, on a pro bono basis, with the Center for American Progress and the Council on Foreign Relations.  Atman is interested in South Asian and Middle Eastern politics, non-proliferation issues, and the future U.S. role in world affairs.  He holds a B.A. and M.A. in international relations from Stanford University and a law degree from Columbia Law School.