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Hilary A. Hurd

Hurd_Hilary

Hilary A. Hurd

Senior Associate

Washington DC + 1 202 663 6373

Hilary Hurd provides counsel on a broad range of defense and national security matters including those pertaining to artificial intelligence, cybersecurity, privacy and defense as well as related government investigations.

Prior to joining the firm, Ms. Hurd served as Deputy Legal Advisor on the National Security Council (NSC) where she advised clients on a range of complex and high-stakes regulatory and litigation issues pertaining to artificial intelligence, foreign surveillance, trade and foreign investment in the United States. Ms. Hurd also served as Counsel to the Deputy Attorney General for national security helping to coordinate national security policy throughout the Department of Justice. She received the Attorney General’s Award for Distinguished Service for her work to advance the reauthorization of Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act. She previously served as Senior Advisor to the President’s Homeland Security Advisor where she supported briefings and strategic response efforts for the President across a range of no-notice homeland security incidents.

Ms. Hurd began her legal career as a member of the Biden-Harris Transition Team serving as a vetting attorney. Prior to law school, Ms. Hurd served as a global advocacy manager at Transparency International, a global anticorruption organization. She was a 2013 Marshall Scholar and a 2009 Jefferson Scholar.

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Credentials

  • Education

    • JD, Harvard Law School, 2020

      cum laude 

      Ames Moot Court Winner

      Co-President, National Security Law Association

    • MA, Conflict, Security, and Development, King's College, London, 2015

      With Distinction 

      Marshall Scholar

    • MPhil, International Relations and Politics, Cambridge University, 2014

      With Honors

      Marshall Scholar

    • BA, Russian Studies and Politics, University of Virginia, 2013

      High Honors

      Jefferson Scholar

      Echols Scholar

  • Admissions

    • District of Columbia

  • Government Experience

    • Executive Office of the President

      The White House

      Deputy Legal Advisor, National Security Council

    • Department of Justice

      Office of the Deputy Attorney General

      Counsel to the Deputy Attorney General

    • Executive Office of the President

      The White House

      Senior Advisor to the Homeland Security Advisor, National Security Council

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