About Speaker

Kevin Jinks (“kj”) is a senior-evel counsel in the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) Office of Legal Policy. He advises “down and in” on DOJ internal policy development for use of technology and engages “up and out” to inform DOJ leadership, executive branch and legislative branch decision making.

Jinks commissioned infantry in the U.S. Army in 1999. As a platoon leader, he spent the night of Sept. 11, 2001, at the Pentagon attack site and then led his platoon there over the next three weeks conducting body recovery, debris removal and security. As a JAG, Jinks was a special assistant U.S. attorney in the Eastern District of Virginia and in Washington, D.C., deployed seven times, and advised at the tactical, operational and strategic levels.

Jinks graduated from the University of Notre Dame, the University of Florida Law School (cum laude) and Georgetown Law School (LL.M. in national security, with distinction).