THE CIVIL RIGHTS LAWYER JOHN H. BRYAN’S YOUTUBE CHANNEL

Lawyer John H. Bryan’s YouTube Channel John H. Bryan / Civil Rights Attorney, Constitutional Activist, YouTuber John H. Bryan has been practicing law in West Virginia since 2006, focused on federal civil rights litigation, representing plaintiffs in section 1983 actions against government defendants in cases involving allegations of constitutional violations of individual rights – primarily involving police interactions. His YouTube channel, “The Civil Rights Lawyer,” currently approaching 900,000 subscribers, regularly publishes video content informing and educating the public about civil rights topics. Focusing on individual police interactions nationwide, combining elements of storytelling, investigative journalism and legal analysis, his videos have amassed over 300,000,000 views since 2020. Beyond just information and education, his videos have helped to bring meaningful change and government accountability in communities across the country, resulting in increased transparency, public awareness and civil rights protections for citizens. John was a 2024 recipient of The Governor’s Civil Rights Day Award, “for extraordinary service to the citizens of West Virginia in the battle for absolute equality and civil rights for all.” John received an undergraduate degree in Political Science at the University of Central Florida, where he was the defense captain of the nationally ranked UCF Trial Team, winner of the prestigious Yale Invitational Mock Trial Tournament. He attended law school at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where he was a member of the national moot court team and was awarded the Gressman and Pollitt Award for outstanding oral advocacy. While in law school, spent a year defending juveniles in Durham, North Carolina with UNC’s criminal law clinic. John also worked as an assistant prosecutor for misdemeanor crimes in Raleigh, North Carolina, trying over thirty criminal cases to verdict. In what would direct the course of his… Read More