Advises clients on international trade matters involving export controls and sanctions.
Advises space companies on issues involving national and international space law, policy and regulation.

Chase assists clients with compliance and investigations related to U.S. export control laws and economic sanctions. He also counsels launch, satellite and space-based service providers on a broad range of legal issues related to regulations, disputes, transactions and compliance.

Chase earned his J.D. from Duke University School of Law. During his time at Duke, Chase served as executive editor of the Alaska Law Review, senior research editor of the Duke Law & Technology Review, special editor of the Duke Journal of Gender Law & Policy, a member of the Moot Court Board and a graduate fellow for the Duke Center on Risk.

Chase was co-founder and project manager for the interdisciplinary study “Going to Mars: Science, Society, and Sustainability” and semifinalist at the 2021 Manfred Lachs Space Law Moot Court Competition, where he scored the highest individual brief.

Education
J.D., Duke University School of Law, 2021
B.A., University of Texas at Austin, with highest honors, 2016

Bar Admissions
District of Columbia
Texas

Affiliations and Public Service

Member, Giving What We Can
Member, International Institute of Space Law
Advisor, Georgetown University Space Initiative
Planning Committee Member, American Bar Association, Forum on Air & Space Law
Member, Dallas Urban Debate Alliance

Speeches and Publications

Panel Moderator, "Artemis Accords: International Engagement & Legal Significance," 19th Annual Eilene M. Galloway IISL Symposium Critical Issues in Space Law, Washington, D.C., December 13, 2024.
Co-Presenter, “Risk Management of Private Space Activities: Authorization and Continuing Supervision,” Society of Risk Analysis Annual Meeting, Austin, Texas, December 11, 2024.
Panelist, “Export Control Reform for the Space & Satellite Industry,” in Going Boldly—and Prudently: An ISAM Policy Review, CONFERS Global Satellite Servicing Forum & Exhibition, Washington, D.C., November 14, 2024.
Presenter, “Comparative Analysis of Regulatory Regimes Governing Private Sector Launch from the Surface of the Moon,” 75th International Astronautical Congress, Milan, Italy, October 16, 2024.
Presenter and Facilitator Facilitator, “Humanity’s Future in Outer Space and the Evolution of Space Law,” 169th First Friday Ideas Salon, October 4, 2024.
Speaker, “Space Law and Governance Issues for Lunar Operations,” NASA Interagency Operations Advisory Group, June 6, 2024.
Panel Moderator, “Export Controls for the Space Industry,” American Bar Association Space Law Symposium, Washington, D.C., June 4, 2024.
Speaker, “Lunar Spectrum and Lunar Governance,” NASA Interagency Operations Advisory Group, April 4, 2024.
Speaker, “On-Orbit Activities: The Future of Space Innovation and Regulation,” CONFERS Webinar, March 12, 2024.

Publications

Co-Author, Comparative Analysis of Regulatory Regimes Governing Private Sector Launch from the Surface of the Moon, International Astronautical Congress (2024).
Author, Legal Controversies in Commercial Space Resource Extraction, The Federal Lawyer Vol. 71, Iss. 2 (2024).
Author, Space and Existential Risk: The Need for Global Coordination and Caution in Space Development, 21 Duke Law & Technology Review 1 (2022).
Co-Author and Editor, Martian Migration: Policy Report on Science, Society, and Sustainability, Bass Connections, Duke Science & Society (2021).
Author, Modernizing Conservationism: Renewable Energy’s Species-Preserving Effect and the Endangered Species Act, 31 Duke Environmental Law & Policy Forum 379 (2021).