Matthew S. Axelrod | |
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| Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Export Enforcement | |
| In office January 3, 2022 –January 2025 | |
| President | Joe Biden |
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| Education | Amherst College (BA) Yale Law School (JD) |
Matthew S. Axelrod is an American lawyer. He served as assistant secretary for export enforcement at the U.S. Department of Commerce's Bureau of Industry and Security in the Biden administration. [1] [2] [3] [4]
Axelrod holds a BA from Amherst College and a JD from Yale Law School. [5]
Axelrod was a partner at Linklaters from March 2017 to December 2020. He joined the U.S. Justice Department as a senior counselor in January 2021. The Biden administration nominated Axelrod as assistant secretary for export enforcement in August 2021. He was confirmed by the U.S. Senate in December 2021. [3] [5]
In February 2025,Axelrod joined Gibson Dunn as a DC-based partner co-charing its new Sanctions and Export Enforcement Practice Group. [6] [7]