Kurt Sanger

How Kurt Helps Clients

Kurt supports clients in matters involving cybersecurity, artificial intelligence, regulatory compliance, public policy and government relations. He has spent his career assessing and mitigating legal, policy and operational risk. He focuses now on risks raised by information technology and helps clients maximize the value of technology's safe and effective use. Kurt's experience in law and technology has touched on diverse fields such as insurance, foreign investment, government procurement, cooperative relationships with federal departments and agencies, and information technology issues arising from mergers and acquisitions.

Kurt served as an attorney in the U.S. Marine Corps for over 23 years, to include assignments in the office of general counsel for multiple organizations and as senior legal advisor to the Afghan National Army. In litigation, Kurt served as defense counsel for over 175 clients and prosecuted over 70 cases as counsel for the U.S. Government.

At U.S. Cyber Command from 2014 to 2022, he served as lead attorney for plans, policy, domestic and international partnerships, COVID-19 response, and legislative affairs, later as lead attorney for operations and intelligence, and finally as the Command’s Deputy General Counsel. He retired from the Marine Corps as a Lieutenant Colonel in November 2022. He is a Non-Resident Fellow with the Army Cyber Institute at West Point and a Senior Non-Resident Advisor with the Center for Strategic and International Studies, a Washington, DC-based think tank.

What Clients Can Expect

Kurt's perspective is based on his experience advising the senior most federal officials dealing with cybersecurity and technology.  He is a forward-thinking leader and frequent author and speaker on these issues.  Kurt's guidance to clients is informed by the practical impacts that legal and policy advice have on technology's use and protection.

Everything that matters to us … our financial assets, our personal information, our professional information, our work capabilities, our cherished memories, and our communications … are connected to inherently insecure technologies.  We need to be deliberate about their use and protection.

Outside the Office

Kurt is originally from New York City and now lives in Florida where he and his wife started their family.  He has visited over 40 countries and represented the United States in over 20 of them.  When not working he is usually reading, writing, or spending time with his children.  Kurt also works with educators to spread awareness of cybersecurity legal, policy and social issues.

Proof Points 

• Contributed to the initial frameworks for U.S. Government cyber activities, to include presidential policies and legislative initiatives
• Served as keynote speaker and panelist at multiple high-profile industry and academic conferences on matters of cybersecurity, national security, protecting information technology professionals from a rapidly changing regulatory landscape, and many other issues.
• Awarded the Defense Superior Service Medal for his service to U.S. Cyber Command where he rose from a subordinate unit through several legal positions to become the Command's Deputy General Counsel.