Danielle Pressler

Danielle Pressler brings a combination of government experience and private-practice sophistication to her international trade regulatory practice—giving clients a perspective on how the agencies that implement and enforce U.S. trade controls operate, investigate, and resolve matters.

Danielle advises a broad range of clients on international trade compliance, including U.S. economic sanctions, export controls, information and communications technology and services, and anti-boycott laws. She designs and assesses compliance programs, conducts risk assessments and investigations, prepares license applications, voluntary self-disclosures, and other government submissions, and represents clients in enforcement proceedings. Her ability to anticipate government strategy and present issues in terms regulators understand gives clients a meaningful advantage in high-stakes matters.

This advantage stems from years at the forefront of U.S. trade enforcement. In a senior role at the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC), Danielle led complex investigations of cross-border transactions spanning sanctions programs and industries. She negotiated corporate settlements of apparent violations on OFAC’s behalf, advised on regulatory interpretation and compliance, and collaborated closely with the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS), the U.S. Department of Justice’s National Security Division (NSD), and the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS). She also spoke frequently at conferences on trade-controls compliance.

Before joining OFAC, Danielle served in roles at the U.S. Department of State’s Directorate of Defense Trade Controls (DDTC). As Special Assistant to the Deputy Assistant Secretary for Defense Trade Controls, she advised senior government officials and industry representatives on issues arising under the Arms Export Control Act (AECA) and the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR). She also led investigations of international transactions involving defense articles and services and negotiated settlements of apparent ITAR violations on DDTC’s behalf.

Danielle began her legal career as a law clerk to the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Missouri.