Security Clearance

For clients in the national security arena, Akin counsels on facility security clearances by deploying integrated legal and policy capabilities. Our government contracts security clearance lawyers offer a valuable combination of advisors with experience in the military, private sector, and legislative and executive branches of government, which provides a competitive advantage for our clients.

We regularly represent companies, sovereign governments, investors and boards of directors on strategic issues, transactional and government contracts matters, litigation and arbitration matters, compliance with national security laws and regulations, particularly new and evolving regulations of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and other agencies, and matters before U.S. and international government agencies and other bodies.

Our services are informed by the combined private sector and senior government experience of our practitioners. In addition to our private sector experience, our team includes:

Former members of Congress who served on the House Foreign Affairs (former Chairwoman), House Appropriations, House Armed Services, House Veteran’s Affairs, Senate Armed Services and Senate Foreign Relations committees
Former Special Assistant to the President for National Security Council
Former Special Assistant to the U.S. Secretary of Defense, U.S. Department of Defense
Former Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Special Operations and Low Intensity Conflict, U.S. Department of Defense
Former Assistant Secretary of State for Political Military Affairs, U.S. Department of State
Former Deputy Assistant to the Vice President for National Security Affairs
Former Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs, U.S. Department of Defense
Former Co-division Chief of the Technology and Jurisdictional Analysis Division, U.S. Department of State, Directorate of Defense Trade Controls Policy Office
Former Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Export Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce
Former Deputy Commissioner for Global Regulatory Operations, U.S. Food and Drug Administration
Former Director of Policy and Planning, U.S. Customs and Border Protection Agency.