Andrew P. Bakaj (/bɑːkɑːi/; Ukrainian: Бакай; b. 1982) is a Washington, DC attorney and former intelligence officer with the Central Intelligence Agency. He was the principal attorney representing the whistleblower who filed the initial complaint that led to the launch of multiple investigations by the United States Congress into the Trump–Ukraine scandal, the impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump, and, ultimately, the first Impeachment of Donald Trump.
Previously while serving as a U.S. government official, he designed the legal and investigative apparatus to protect intelligence community whistleblowers
Bakaj was born in Stamford, Connecticut and is a graduate of Trinity Catholic High School. Bakaj is of Ukrainian descent and is Ukrainian Catholic.