Drew B. Roberts
Silver Spring,MD
Summary
Accomplished Senior International Attorney with a proven track record in business-facing solutions-oriented international legal work, adept in regulations adherence and critical thinking. Spearheaded large-scale international development projects within U.S. and foreign legal frameworks, enhancing government relations and project team leadership. Excelled in policy development and international trade law, driving significant legal advancements.
Overview
10
10
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Senior International Attorney
Millennium Challenge Corporation
Washington, DC
11.2024 - Current
- Provide legal counsel to agency and beneficiary stakeholders to develop, negotiate, implement, monitor, and close out foreign assistance programs primarily in the large-scale infrastructure space in line with relevant agency policies and domestic and international rules, agreements, and best practices.
- Develope contractual agreements addressing financial transactions, dispute resolution, employment policies, and construction management.
- Advise on practical development and implementation of extensive projects within a fast-paced regulatory landscape.
Director, Semester in DC Program; Professor of Practice
University of Pittsburgh School of Law
Washington, USA
01.2022 - Current
- Oversee all administrative and substantive inputs to program that allows University of Pittsburgh School of Law students to spend their 2L or 3L spring semester in Washington, DC taking policy-focused courses and conducting a semester-long externship
- Manage Semester in DC program by recruiting student participants, coordinating with area alumni to support student participants, ensuring adjuncts instruct on courses related to their relevant expertise, coordinating with student externship site supervisors, and providing mentorship and guidance to student participants with view to identifying post-graduation career options in the DC area
- Teach courses on professional development and career planning related to practicing law in fields most connected to the DC area
Senior Attorney
U.S. Department of Commerce, Office of General Counsel
Washington, USA
10.2019 - 11.2024
- Conducted technical assistance and capacity building programs that assist beneficiaries from Eastern Europe and Eurasia on business environment enabling topics including good regulatory practice, use of alternative dispute resolution tools, import and export procedures, corporate governance, adherence to bilateral and multilateral trade agreements, technology transfer, protection of intellectual property rights, customs processing, public procurement, anti-corruption and accountability, sanctions-related oversight, and commercial diplomacy
- Provided in-depth analysis of the legal, regulatory, or procedural changes that should be undertaken in beneficiary countries to allow for modernization of rules that will improve the environment for doing domestic and international business
- Briefed high-level U.S Government officials and policymakers from beneficiary countries on complex legal issues related to international and domestic law, including comparative analysis of U.S and foreign legal and regulatory frameworks
- Drafted and review proposed language for Congressional notifications of funding distributions and draft interagency agreements for the allocation and management of assistance funding
- Lead for CLDP on interagency coordination groups including the National Trade Facilitation Committee, WTO Trade Policy Review, Anti-Corruption Working Group, Ukraine Infrastructure Taskforce, U.S.-Belarus Democratic Opposition Strategic Dialogue, and high-level policy and strategy meetings on Eastern Europe issues
Presidential Management Fellow / Senior International Trade Specialist
U.S. Department of Commerce, International Trade Administration
Washington, USA
01.2017 - 01.2019
- Lead intra-agency case teams in identifying possible non-compliance with international and bilateral trade agreements, such as the World Trade Organization (WTO) Agreement on Technical Barriers to Trade and Trade Facilitation Agreement and worked with interagency colleagues to pursue compliance with those agreements to support U.S
- Stakeholder interests
- Coordinated input for and represented the Department of Commerce on the U.S
- Delegation to the World Trade Organization Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade and Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures, with a focus on standards and conformity assessment procedures
- Acted as primary coordinator between TANC office and Office of General Counsel on legal questions regarding TANC’s positions in trade agreement-related briefing papers and other work product
- Entered federal service with TANC as a Presidential Management Fellow (one of 417 finalists selected from 6,370 applicants for the 2017 PMF cycle)
Law Clerk to the Honorable Deborah A. Kunselman
Court of Common Pleas of Beaver County
Beaver, USA
01.2015 - 01.2017
- Assisted Judge Kunselman on all matters related to civil litigation and juvenile delinquency and dependency trial and pre-trial matters, including preparing pre-argument memoranda, attending oral arguments, reviewing trial records, researching, editing, and evaluating the legal analyses in trial and pre-trial motion arguments
- Undertook preliminary drafting and editing of opinions and orders of the court on issues of law
Education
Juris Doctorate (J.D.) -
University of Pittsburgh School of Law
Pittsburgh, PA, USA05.2015
Master of Laws (LL.M.) - Human Rights Law
Queen’s University Belfast
Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK12.2014
Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) - Government and Politics
University of Maryland
College Park, MD, USA05.2011
Skills
- International regulations adherence
- Policy development
- International trade law
- Contract analysis
- Government relations
- Critical thinking
- Project team leadership
Languages
- English, Native
- Spanish, Limited Working Proficiency
- Bosnian/Croatian/Serbian/Montenegrin, Low Intermediate Proficiency
Hobbies and Interests
- Making homemade bread and pasta
- Reading
- Guitar
- Pittsburgh sports
- Tottenham Hotspur
Clearances And Grade Level
U.S. Government Secret Clearance, 2017, GS-15/1
Bar Admissions
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Bar, 2015
Affiliations
- Writing and recording music.
- Baking bread and making pasta from scratch.
- Pittsburgh sports and Tottenham Hotspur
Languages
Spanish
Professional
Serbian
Limited
Certification
- Bar Admission: Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
- Active U.S. Government Top Secret Security Clearance
References
References available upon request.
Timeline
Senior International Attorney
Millennium Challenge Corporation
11.2024 - Current
Director, Semester in DC Program; Professor of Practice
University of Pittsburgh School of Law
01.2022 - Current
Senior Attorney
U.S. Department of Commerce, Office of General Counsel
10.2019 - 11.2024
Presidential Management Fellow / Senior International Trade Specialist
U.S. Department of Commerce, International Trade Administration
01.2017 - 01.2019
Law Clerk to the Honorable Deborah A. Kunselman
Court of Common Pleas of Beaver County
01.2015 - 01.2017
- Bar Admission: Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
- Active U.S. Government Top Secret Security Clearance
Juris Doctorate (J.D.) -
University of Pittsburgh School of Law
Master of Laws (LL.M.) - Human Rights Law
Queen’s University Belfast
Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) - Government and Politics
University of Maryland
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