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Jason Klitenic
Jason Klitenic is a founding member of Klitenic Robertson PLLC and KR Security LLC. He represents clients in an array of government regulatory, enforcement and public policy matters, including corporate compliance initiatives and investigations. Mr. Klitenic is Vice Chair of the American Bar Association’s Committee on Homeland Security and National Defense.
From 2003-2005 Mr. Klitenic served as the Deputy General Counsel of the United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS), the agency's second-ranking legal officer. In this role, he was responsible for advising the Secretary and other senior leadership on legal issues arising throughout DHS, including those relating to immigration, customs enforcement, data privacy, environmental compliance, international agreements, CFIUS reviews, complex civil litigation, the SAFETY Act, transportation and cargo security, labor and employment, public health, incident management, procurement, grants, infrastructure protection, intelligence sharing and investigations. He was also responsible for overseeing the operations of the 1,500-lawyer Office of the General Counsel. In addition, Mr. Klitenic worked closely with his counterparts at the White House, Departments of Justice, State, Treasury, Defense, Health and Human Services, as well as other agencies, to coordinate counterterrorism, emergency response and federal law enforcement initiatives. In 2005 Mr. Klitenic was appointed DHS acting General Counsel and served as the chief legal officer of the 180,000-employee agency.
From 2002-2003 Mr. Klitenic served as Deputy Associate Attorney General of the United States Department of Justice. There he oversaw matters in the Antitrust Division, Civil Division, Civil Rights Division, Environment and Natural Resources Division and other DOJ components, including matters regarding Civil False Claims Act litigation, corporate fraud, bankruptcy, environmental enforcement, terrorism, healthcare fraud and immigration. While at the Justice Department, Mr. Klitenic also coordinated international trade policy, served as a member of the administration's Trade Policy Review Group and participated in the negotiations of the US-Singapore, US-Chile and US-Australia Free Trade Agreements.
In addition to his public service, Mr. Klitenic has been a partner at two national law firms and served as investigation counsel to the court-appointed Examiner in a major bankruptcy matter.
Mr. Klitenic received his J.D. from the University of Baltimore and B.A. from Johns Hopkins University, where he was an all-America baseball player. He is admitted to practice in Washington, D.C. and Georgia.
