Nicholas C. Dranias

General Counsel, Prospera Group

Topics:	Constitution • Federalism • First Amendment • International Law & Trade

Topics:

Constitution • Federalism • First Amendment • International Law & Trade

Nick Dranias serves as General Counsel for Honduras Prospera Inc. and its affiliates, overseeing all corporate legal matters for what is commonly known as the Prospera Group.

Before joining Prospera, he was the Senior Litigation Counsel with the Government Accountability & Special Litigation Unit at the Arizona Attorney General's office.

Until January 2018, Dranias held the position of President & Executive Director at the Compact for America Educational Foundation. In this role, he spearheaded national initiatives aimed at organizing states to propose and ratify a federal Balanced Budget Amendment.

Previously, at various times, he worked at the Goldwater Institute as General Counsel, Policy Development Director, and Constitutional Policy Director. During his tenure, he notably led the Institute in a successful legal challenge against Arizona’s public campaign financing system, arguing the case up to the U.S. Supreme Court.

Dranias earned his Juris Doctor from Loyola University Chicago School of Law, where he was also a member of the Loyola University Chicago Law Review. He graduated cum laude from Boston University with a Bachelor of Arts in Economics and Philosophy.

He has authored and published over one hundred articles on law and public policy and has appeared as an expert in constitutional law on networks like Fox News, MSNBC, NPR, along with various local and regional media outlets.

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