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Hilary A. Hurd

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Hilary A. Hurd

Senior Associate

Washington DC + 1 202 663 6373

Hilary Hurd counsels companies on their most consequential legal, regulatory, and crisis-management challenges involving artificial intelligence (“AI”), cybersecurity, and privacy. 

Drawing on her experience as a former White House and Department of Justice official, Ms. Hurd guides organizations through complex government investigations, helping them manage compulsory process, voluntary law enforcement coordination, and congressional oversight. Having served as the lead lawyer on several major presidential initiatives involving AI while in government, she also helps companies across the AI stack navigate the rapidly evolving legal landscape at the state and federal levels.

Before joining the firm, Ms. Hurd was Deputy Legal Advisor at the National Security Council, where she advised senior policymakers on foreign surveillance, trade, AI, and foreign investment in the United States. She also served as Counsel to the Deputy Attorney General for National Security, coordinating national security policy across the Department of Justice and earning the Attorney General’s Award for Distinguished Service and the National Intelligence Meritorious Unit Citation for her work. In an earlier role as Senior Advisor to the President’s Homeland Security Advisor, she managed the interagency policy process on a wide range of homeland security issues. 

Ms. Hurd is a Term Member of the Council on Foreign Relations and a member of the firm’s Privilege Committee. 

Recognition

  • Named to the Capital Pro Bono Honor Roll, recognizing attorneys who dedicate significant pro bono service to expanding access to justice in the District of Columbia.

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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

Credentials

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