504 A Street, S.E.
Washington, D.C. 20003-1139
Tel: (202) 543-1631; Fax: (202) 543-7886
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Private practice attorney with concentration on compliance and enforcement under the Arms Export Control Act (AECA) and the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR). Diagnostic audits of regulated companies and investigations. Training and compliance systems design. Administrative practice before the Office of Defense Trade Controls Compliance, U.S. Department of State, including voluntary disclosures. Instructor of U.S. Customs Special Agents on the ITAR and State Department practice at the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center.
Former Chief, Compliance and Enforcement Branch, Directorate of Defense Trade Controls, Bureau of Political-Military Affairs, U.S. Department of State. April 1995–July 1999. Responsible for registration of manufacturers, exporters and brokers under the Arms Export Control Act/ International Traffic in Arms Regulations. Directed civil enforcement program. Principal liaison with U.S. Customs and Department of Justice for criminal investigations and prosecutions, and for Customs detentions and seizures. Responsible for overseas end-use monitoring program. Participant in training and compliance review activities in the U.S. and abroad, e.g., on-site certification audits in South Africa of government-owned defense entities as condition to U.S. resumption of defense trade with that country.
Author of Compliance and Enforcement under the International Traffic in Arms Regulations, Coping with U.S. Export Controls (Practicing Law Institute (PLI) publication); Corporate Counsel’s International Adviser, March 1, 2003, “Recent Trends: Compliance and Enforcement in Defense Trade Controls, U.S. Department of State”). Participant in national conferences and international trade association programs. Instructor for CTP, Inc., Alexandria, Virginia, under a contract of the U.S. Department of State, Bureau of Nonproliferation to provide export controls training and statutory/regulatory drafting services for government officials of countries in the Balkans region of Europe (December 2003 – May 2004).
Investigative branch chief, Office of Antiboycott Compliance, Bureau of Industry and Security, U.S. Department of Commerce. Directed audits and investigations and negotiated civil settlements under the Export Administration Act/Export Administration Regulations. 1985-1995.
B.A. (International Affairs), The George Washington University, 1971. M.I.A. (International Affairs/ U.S. Foreign Policy Studies), Columbia University, School of International and Public Affairs, 1974. J.D., University of Kentucky School of Law, 1980.
Member of the District of Columbia, Kentucky and Louisiana Bar Associations.
Private practice attorney in New Orleans, Louisiana, 1981 – 1984, specializing in export contracting and financing. Also criminal and civil practice.
Memberships: Society for International Affairs (SIA); National Council on International Trade Development (NCITD); North Alabama International Trade Association (NAITA).