Douglas N Jacobson

Douglas N. Jacobson is the founding partner of the Washington, DC-based international trade law firm of Jacobson Burton Kelley PLLC. Doug has over 30 years of experience representing a wide range of U.S. and non-U.S. companies on compliance with U.S. and multilateral regimes governing the export of dual-use items, software, technology, defense articles, and humanitarian products. He also represents companies and individuals in enforcement actions brought by BIS, DDTC, and OFAC. Doug is an...See more

Douglas N. Jacobson is the founding partner of the Washington, DC-based international trade law firm of Jacobson Burton Kelley PLLC. Doug has over 30 years of experience representing a wide range of U.S. and non-U.S. companies on compliance with U.S. and multilateral regimes governing the export of dual-use items, software, technology, defense articles, and humanitarian products. He also represents companies and individuals in enforcement actions brought by BIS, DDTC, and OFAC. Doug is an adjunct professor of sanctions and export control law at American University's Washington College of Law in Washington, DC. Doug is ranked in the Chambers and Partners' Global and USA guides as a leading export controls and sanctions attorney. He is also listed in Who's Who Legal as a leading international trade attorney. Doug received a BA in government from the University of Texas at Austin and a juris doctorate from the Washington College of Law, where he was an editor of the American University Law Review. He is a member of the District of Columbia and Maryland Bars and is admitted to practice before the U.S. Court of International Trade and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. He currently lives in Washington, DC. See less