Feb. 2, 2026
Akin Gump adds former federal national security prosecutor in LA
Sarah E. Gerdes, a former deputy chief in the U.S. attorney's office in Los Angeles, joins Akin Gump's international trade practice as senior counsel.
Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP has tapped Sarah E. Gerdes, a former national security prosecutor and deputy chief in the National Security Division of the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Central District of California, as senior counsel in its international trade practice.
Gerdes said the firm's depth of former government national security officials influenced her decision to join.
"The intersection of export controls, economic sanctions and emerging t...
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