LEGAL SERVICES CHALLENGES FOR INTELLIGENCE OFFICERS
AND THE LEGAL COMMUNITY
A Panel Discussion
July 22, 2025
12:00 pm to 1:30 pm
includes lunch
800 17th Street NW, washington DC 20006
Lower Level Conference Center
Virtual option available
Throughout the history of the U.S. Intelligence Community, its officers and other members have served our nation against a variety of foreign threat actors while incurring significant personal risk, including legal exposure stemming from their operational and other work-related activities.
To foster a greater understanding of the nature and practical impact of the varied legal challenges for intelligence officers during a period of increasing global conflict, the Council on Intelligence Issues and the law firm Holland & Knight LLC will present this panel discussion to explore some of the challenges and options for current and former intelligence officers who many need government or private sector legal assistance in connection with their employment.
Panelists will address situations that can cause intelligence officers to wonder if they need legal help, how government lawyers may represent them, what to do if they need private legal counsel, and what private counsel ought to know when asked to help.
Panelists: Jason Klitenic (Moderator) * Hon. Ken Wainstein * Deborah Curtis * John Bennett
REGISTER by July 21, 2025.
Attend in person:
Holland & Knight – Lower Level Conference Center 800 17th Street NW Washington, DC 20006.
Register here to attend in person in our Washington, D.C, office.
Attend via Zoom:
Register here to attend online only.
Note on Continuing Legal Education (CLE)
Please note: After the completion of the program, Holland & Knight will apply for CLE credit in the following jurisdictions based on attendee requests: California, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Iowa, Missouri, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Vermont, Virginia and Washington. Some programs may not be awarded CLE credits because of content or jurisdictional restrictions. Please be aware that the CLE approval process can be lengthy in some jurisdictions.
Holland & Knight is an approved CLE provider in several jurisdictions, including California, Illinois, New York, Pennsylvania and Texas. For New York attorneys, this program’s format qualifies for CLE for transitional (newly admitted) and experienced attorneys. General Certificates of Attendance will be provided upon request for states where applications are not submitted.
CII welcomes comments and suggestions. If you have ideas about future topics or speakers, or
if you want to volunteer your services as a speaker or otherwise at a CII event, please Contact Us.
We also welcome your assistance to enable CII continue to offer presentations on important intelligence topics of public interest and to support our efforts to help intelligence officers who need legal assistance in connection with their good faith service to the Nation. Please consider making your tax-deductible contribution to CII now.