Michael Leiter — SPARQNOW

At-a-Glance

Partner and Head of CFIUS, National Security, and International Trade Group at Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP
Former Director of the United States National Counterterrorism Center (NCTC) under the Bush and Obama administrations
Chair, Board Of Trustees at RAND Corporation since 2011
Served as a Naval Flight Officer in the U.S. Navy from 1991 to 1997
Clerked for Associate Justice Stephen Breyer of the Supreme Court of the United States
Graduated magna cum laude from Harvard Law School, where he was president of the Harvard Law Review

Biography

Michael Leiter is a distinguished lawyer and executive with a career spanning U.S. government, national security, and legal sectors.

He currently serves as a Partner and Head of the CFIUS, National Security, and International Trade Group at Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP and Affiliates, a position he has held since September 2017. In this role, he advises on complex legal matters related to national security and international trade.