Suzanne E. Spaulding

Bingham McCutchen, Of Counsel
Bingham Consulting Group, Principal

Suzanne Spaulding is an authority on national security related issues, including terrorism, homeland security, critical infrastructure protection, cyber security, intelligence, law enforcement, crisis management, and issues related to the threat from chemical, biological, nuclear or radiological weapons. She works with clients to develop and implement legislative strategies around these and other issues.

She started working national security issues on Capitol Hill over 20 years ago. More recently, she was the executive director of two congressionally mandated commissions: the National Commission on Terrorism, chaired by Amb. L. Paul Bremer III, and the Commission to Assess the Organization of the Federal Government to Combat the Proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction, chaired by former CIA Director John Deutch. She has been quoted regularly in media outlets around the country, offering analysis and insight into issues related to national security.

Suzanne served as minority staff director for the U.S. House of Representatives Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence. Her previous legislative experience includes serving as deputy staff director and general counsel for the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence and as legislative director and senior counsel for Senator Arlen Specter (R-PA). She has also worked for Representative Jane Harman (D-CA).

She was assistant general counsel at CIA, including a position as legal adviser to the Nonproliferation Center, and also spent several years in private practice. In 2002, she was appointed by Virginia Governor Mark Warner to the Secure Commonwealth Panel, established after the attacks of September 11 to advise the governor and the legislature regarding preparedness issues in the Commonwealth of Virginia.

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EDUCATION
  • University of Virginia, Juris Doctor
  • University of Virginia, Bachelor of Arts

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