Akin Adds Commerce, Justice Department Veteran in Washington

Opher Shweiki has joined Akin as a partner in its Washington, D.C., office, the firm said Tuesday.

Shweiki, who is the former US Department of Commerce, chief counsel for the Bureau of Industry and Security, has handled national security, export control, and other cross-border government regulatory and enforcement matters, according to Akin.

Before his time at the BIS, Shweiki was the national security and cybercrime coordinator at the Executive Office for US Attorneys and an assistant US attorney with the US Attorney’s Office in Washington, D.C., said the firm.

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