Experience

Recht Kornfeld, PC

• Legal Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Of Counsel

  • Dec 2022 - Present

  Denver, Colorado, United States



New Macro Risks

• United States
• Research Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Partner

  • Aug 2020 - Present

  Denver, Colorado, United States We provide executives with focused analysis of current and emerging nonstate risks. Our products provide the analytical frameworks to understand second and third order impacts from an executive perspective. From 9/11 to the COVID-19 pandemic, the defining long tail events of the twenty-first century are increasingly novel and unfamiliar. It isn't enough to understand political risk, organizations need a sophisticated understanding of threats that don't come from foreign governments and… Show more We provide executives with focused analysis of current and emerging nonstate risks. Our products provide the analytical frameworks to understand second and third order impacts from an executive perspective. From 9/11 to the COVID-19 pandemic, the defining long tail events of the twenty-first century are increasingly novel and unfamiliar. It isn't enough to understand political risk, organizations need a sophisticated understanding of threats that don't come from foreign governments and militaries. Show less



Harvard's Belfer Center

• United States
• Think Tanks
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Fellow

  • Sep 2019 - Present

• Executive Editor, Homeland Security Policy Paper Series

  • Apr 2019 - Present

  Lead the Homeland Security Projects's policy paper series.

• Affiliate, Belfer Center Homeland Security Project

  • Feb 2018 - Sep 2019



BorderWorks Advisors, LLC

• Principal

  • Jul 2017 - Mar 2023

  Denver, CO BorderWorks Advisors, LLC (BWA), is a consulting firm that works with clients to solve complex challenges related to the movement of goods and people across borders. BWA has unique expertise and experience with border security and management, as well as the homeland security enterprise generally, as it members held senior positions at the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, U.S. Customs and Border Protection, and the White House National Security Staff. We craft solutions to help clients… Show more BorderWorks Advisors, LLC (BWA), is a consulting firm that works with clients to solve complex challenges related to the movement of goods and people across borders. BWA has unique expertise and experience with border security and management, as well as the homeland security enterprise generally, as it members held senior positions at the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, U.S. Customs and Border Protection, and the White House National Security Staff. We craft solutions to help clients achieve their objectives. Visit us at borderworksgroup.com. Show less



Colorado Department of Law

• Assistant Attorney General, Marijuana, Liquor, and Bankruptcy Unit

  • Jun 2016 - Sep 2017

  Represented the Marijuana Enforcement Division, Colorado Department of Revenue. Provided the Division with general counsel and rule-making advice. Litigated district court cases involving novel questions of law related to the State's regulation of marijuana, and represented the Division in administrative enforcement actions.



Wheeler Trigg O'Donnell LLP

• United States
• Law Practice
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Attorney

  • Dec 2012 - May 2016

  Litigate complex civil cases, including commercial disputes, professional negligence, government enforcement, and tort defense.



U.S. Customs and Border Protection

• United States
• Government Administration
• 700 & Above Employee

• Counselor to the Commissioner

  • Dec 2010 - Nov 2012

  Washington D.C. Metro Area Advised Commissioner on complex issues including, U.S.-Mexico policy, law enforcement intelligence, information sharing, and agency strategic planning and budget process, and led development and implementation of priority agency initiatives.



U.S. Department of Homeland Security

• Government Administration
• 700 & Above Employee

• Special Assistant to the Assistant Secretary, Office of International Affairs

  • Jul 2009 - Dec 2010

  Washington D.C. Metro Area Provided strategic advice regarding issues involving Southwest border security and U.S.-Mexico policy, and led development and implementation of priority initiatives.



WilmerHale

• United States
• Law Practice
• 700 & Above Employee

• Attorney

  • Nov 2008 - Jul 2009

  Washington D.C. Metro Area Litigated civil cases involving securities, fraud, antitrust, and intellectual property claims, and represented clients in appeals before the U.S. Supreme Court and U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit.



U.S Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit

• Law Clerk to the Hon. Patrick E. Higginbotham

  • Aug 2007 - Aug 2008

  Austin, Texas Area Researched legal and factual issues for civil and criminal appeals and provided recommended courses of action to Judge Higginbotham.