Dennis Fitzpatrick, former assistant U.S. Attorney in the Eastern District of Virginia, has joined Whiteford as a partner working on national security matters, the firm announced. Whiteford said Fitzpatrick has experience with proceedings on export controls, sanctions evasion, money laundering and bribery.
The Bureau of Industry and Security named Eric Longnecker, former head of the agency’s Office of Strategic Industries and Economic Security, the new deputy assistant secretary for technology security, he announced on LinkedIn. Longnecker, who has worked at BIS for nearly 20 years, announced his new role May 6.
Sullivan & Cromwell last week announced that it's creating a national security practice focusing on economic sanctions, anti-money laundering laws, Foreign Corrupt Practices Act investigations, foreign investment regulations, export controls and import restrictions.
Samuel Moss last week left his position as an attorney adviser with the Treasury Department, he announced on LinkedIn. At Treasury since 2019, Moss worked on issues related to sanctions and the Committee on Foreign Investment in the U.S. He didn’t say where he would be working next.
CBP named Dina Amato the new director of the agency’s Customs Trade Partnership Against Terrorism program, a CBP spokesperson confirmed. Amato started in the new role April 8. She was most recently assistant director for trade of CBP’s Miami/Tampa field office, “where she had oversight over trade and agriculture operations for the entire state of Florida,” the spokesperson said.
Diana Shaw, former acting inspector general for the State Department, has joined Wiley as a partner in the white collar defense and government investigations practice, the firm announced. Shaw worked at State for four years and, before that, at DHS's Office of Inspector General.
David Laufman, former chief of DOJ’s Counterintelligence and Export Control Section, is retiring, he announced on LinkedIn last week. Laufman was most recently a partner with Wiggin and Dana (see 1905140075) after leaving DOJ in 2018, where he oversaw the agency’s export control and sanctions investigations and prosecutions.
Jason Prince, former chief counsel for the Office of Foreign Assets Control, has joined Akin Gump's economic sanctions practice, the law firm announced April 3. Prince was most recently a sanctions and export controls lawyer with Crowell & Moring after leaving OFAC in 2022.
Alex Lopes, director of the Bureau of Industry and Security's Office of Nonproliferation and Treaty Compliance, will be leaving BIS soon, said Thea Kendler, the agency’s top export administration official. Kendler, speaking during the BIS annual Update Conference, didn’t say when Lopes will officially leave, but she said he “has a well deserved retirement coming after a tremendous public service career.” Lopes has worked at Commerce for more than 21 years and as director since at least 2008, according to his LinkedIn profile.
CBP named Marty Raybon its new director of field operations for CBP's Detroit Field Office, the agency announced on March 25. Raybon will now be responsible for overseeing the Ambassador Bridge, the Blue Water Bridge in Port Huron, Detroit Metropolitan Airport, the Sault Ste. Marie International Bridge, and the forthcoming Gordie Howe International Bridge, the agency said. Prior to this assignment, Raybon served as the executive director for CBP’s National Targeting Center.