Where: TNH 2.124 (Reaud Classroom)

Sponsored by: The Robert S. Strauss Center for International Security and Law

Join the Strauss Center for International Security and Law, the Texas Space Law and Policy Society, and the Longhorn Airmen for a talk on “Navigating National Security and Space Law” with Michael Sinclair, Senior Counsel, Office of General Counsel for Intelligence and Security at the Department of War. Moderated by Strauss Center Space Law Program Lead and UT Law Professor Caryn Schenewerk, she’ll discuss with a U.S. Dept. of War legal expert how current national security legal issues, including engagement with the commercial space sector, achieve U.S. national security interests.

Lunch will be served. Garage parking is available for a fee at the Manor Garage, the Brazos Garage, and the San Jacinto Garage. Parking will not be validated.

Biography Michael Sinclair is senior counsel at the Department of War, (DoW) Office of General Counsel (OGC) (Intelligence & Security). He is responsible for the intelligence and operations practice area and has extensive experience with legal issues involving space/counter-space and sensitive space systems; intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance; electromagnetic warfare; geospatial intelligence; and measurement & signature intelligence.

Professor Sinclair worked at the Department of Air Force (DAF), OGC as associate general counsel for aviation and space prior to his work with DoW OGC. He is a retired Coast Guard judge advocate with over 25 years of mixed operational and legal experience including command afloat, as the Coast Guard’s legislative counsel at Coast Guard Congressional Affairs, and details to the Department of Homeland Security OGC (Operations and Enforcement Division), the National Security Council, and as a fellow at the Brookings Institution. He is a non-resident senior fellow for space security at the Atlantic Council, Scowcroft Center for National Security, Forward Defense and a non-resident scholar at George Washington University’s Space Policy Institute.

Professor Sinclair has been teaching at GW Law since 2020 and currently teaches International Law in Domestic Courts, National Security Law, and Upper Level Writing.

If you need an accommodation to participate in this event, please contact the event sponsor or the Texas Law Special Events Office at specialevents@law.utexas.edu no later than seven business days prior to the event.

More information: https://www.strausscenter.org/events/navigating-national-security-and-space-law/

Where: TNH 3.124 (Neathery Classroom)

Sponsored by: The Robert S. Strauss Center for International Security and Law

On Thursday, November 12th, please join the Strauss Center for International Security and Law in hosting Siddharth Dadhich, Deputy Assistant Attorney General for Strategic Enforcement in the DOJ's National Fraud Division, and Justin Simmons, US Attorney with the DOJ's Western District of Texas, as they discuss national security law and DOJ career pathways.

The event will be moderated by Professor Brian Pérez-Daple. Lunch will be provided. RSVP to Susan Crane (scrane@austin.utexas.edu) to attend the event, as spots are limited.

Biographies: Siddharth D. Dadhich is the Deputy Assistant Attorney General for Strategic Enforcement in the National Fraud Enforcement Division, where he oversees the National Enforcement Section, District Fraud Counsel Section, and the National Fraud Detection Center. Mr. Dadhich began his career as an Honors Attorney at the Department of Justice Antitrust Division focusing on civil merger enforcement in the defense, industrials, and aerospace industries. He worked as a federal prosecutor in the District of Oregon, Western District of Texas, and the Southern District of California. His federal prosecution experience includes investigating and prosecuting cases involving benefits fraud, complex fraud—including the trial of the largest investment fraud case in the history of the District of Oregon—public corruption, cybercrime, narcoterrorism, domestic terrorism, violent crime, child exploitation, narcotics, and immigration offenses. Before joining the Department, Mr. Dadhich clerked for Judge Patrick Bumatay of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, for Judge Cathy Ann Bencivengo of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California, and for Judge Andrew Hanen of the Southern District of Texas. He served as a special counsel on the Senate Judiciary Committee. Mr. Dadhich received his law degree from the University of Texas School of Law and undergraduate degrees in finance and philosophy from The University of Texas at Austin.

Justin Simmons began working as an Assistant United States Attorney for the Western District of Texas in December 2020, working out of the San Antonio office. Mr. Simmons has prosecuted a wide variety of crimes, including drug crimes, cartel-related crimes, human trafficking, gun crimes, white-collar crimes, and immigration offenses. Mr. Simmons also served as the SAR Coordinator for the Western District of Texas. In that role, Mr. Simmons was tasked with leading a group of federal, state and local law enforcement agents and officers in reviewing and evaluating SARs filed by various financial institutions. Mr. Simmons also served as the Elder Justice Coordinator for the Western District, giving presentations to various groups in the San Antonio area regarding the many criminal schemes perpetrated on the elderly. Mr. Simmons also served on the leadership team for the South Texas Officers and Prosecutors Human Trafficking Task Force, giving various presentations to law enforcement personnel regarding financial investigations in the human trafficking context. Prior to joining the U.S. Attorney’s office, Mr. Simmons was a commercial litigator at the law firm of Scheef & Stone in Frisco, Texas, and, prior to that, he was an Assistant District Attorney in Collin County, Texas.

If you need an accommodation to participate in this event, please contact the event sponsor or the Texas Law Special Events Office at specialevents@law.utexas.edu no later than seven business days prior to the event.