Sanjeev Bhasker is admitted to practice in Florida, Illinois, North Carolina, and Ohio. He is not currently admitted in the District of Columbia. He is supervised by a member of the DC Bar.
Sanjeev Bhasker is a partner in the Public Policy and Law practice group. An accomplished former White House cyber attorney, federal prosecutor, and emerging technology expert, he brings over two decades of public-sector experience to counseling clients on artificial intelligence (AI), digital assets and payment processing, cybersecurity, government investigations, and quantum computing. Fluent in Spanish and proficient in Hindi, he advises multinational clients on cross-border regulatory, compliance, sanctions, export-control, and government enforcement matters.
Prior to joining the firm, Sanjeev served as Acting General Counsel for the White House's Office of the National Cyber Director (ONCD), where he advised senior officials on cybersecurity and emerging technology issues during both the Trump and Biden administrations. In this senior leadership role, he served as the chief legal advisor to the President’s National Cyber Director on cyber and emerging technology policy, including AI, blockchain and digital assets, and post-quantum cryptography. He also served on the President's Council of Advisors for Digital Assets and the Chief AI Officer Council, advising on policy, security, and industry engagement, including the GENIUS Act.
Sanjeev's White House tenure included drafting and implementing Presidential Executive Orders, advising on the Department of Justice's (DOJ) Bulk Data Security Program rule, and leading executive engagement with Congress, Fortune 100 companies, and trade associations. He also responded to congressional oversight investigations and counseled White House appointees through the US Senate confirmation process.
An experienced litigator and former Assistant US Attorney, Sanjeev has tried nearly 100 jury and bench trials in federal and state courts and briefed more than 40 appeals across multiple jurisdictions. He has led high-profile cyber and national security investigations including the enforcement of OFAC sanctions and International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) violations. Sanjeev brings an extensive AML/CFT compliance background to the firm, having co-chaired the US Attorney’s Office’s Bank Secrecy Act team with FinCEN and served in the DOJ’s Money Laundering, Narcotics, and Forfeiture Section on complex financial crime and compliance investigations. He has also trained government and law enforcement officials in over 40 countries, delivering hundreds of presentations on emerging technology and AML/CFT compliance.
Sanjeev has served in leadership roles with numerous professional organizations, including the National Asian Pacific American Bar Association and the South Asian Bar Association of North America. He also serves on the American Bar Association's Cybersecurity Legal Task Force.
In addition to his work in the White House, Sanjeev previously served as US Digital Currency Counsel, a Department of Justice (DOJ) subject-matter expert on digital assets and emerging technologies. In that role, he counseled on decentralized finance (DeFi) investigations and advised DOJ leadership on AML/CFT and OFAC sanctions compliance, as well as litigation strategy in digital-asset matters. He also coordinated with the White House and Congress on digital identity and artificial intelligence policy. In addition, he trained government officials and law enforcement personnel in more than 40 countries on emerging-technology investigations, including at the United Nations (UN), the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) Virtual Asset Contact Group (VACG), and the Organization of American States (OAS). He has also addressed the US Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) Crypto Task Force and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s (CFTC) Market Risk Advisory Committee on related issues.
- Public Sector Trailblazer, South Asian Bar Association of Washington DC, 2025
- Organized Crime Case of the Year, US Department of Justice, 2017-2018
- Outstanding Federal Prosecution Award, US Department of Justice, 2019, 2015
- American Bar Association–Cybersecurity Legal Task Force; Government and Public Sector Lawyer’s Division
- American Inns of Court
- National Asian Pacific American Bar Association (Former Board Member)
- South Asian Bar Association of America (Former Board Member)
- NCAA and High School Football Official
- Speaker, US General Services Administration Federal Emerging Technology Showcase, 30 July 2026
- "Decentralized Finance (DeFi) and Industry", Financial Action Task Force (FATF) Virtual Asset Contact Group (VACG), Paris, 11 May 2026
- "The White House, the Office of the National Cyber Director, and Cybersecurity", Security Innovation Network (SINET), 25 August 2025
- "Blockchain and National Security", The Digital Chamber, 9 July 2025
- "Cyber Resiliency", Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s (CFTC) Markets Risk Advisory Committee (MRAC), 10 December 2024
- "Digital Assets and Cybersecurity", Case Western Reserve University School of Law, 19 November 2024
- "FinTech Lecture Series: Digital Assets and Emerging Technologies", University of Pennsylvania–Wharton Business School, 22 March 2024
- "Fintech and Business", Indiana University Maurer School of Law, 8 November 2023
- "Crypto, the Rule of Law, and SDGs, the Importance of a Strong Legal System", Global Blockchain Business Council, 14 September 2023
- "Addressing Policy Needs in Cybercrime", Crypto & Privacy G20 Summit, India, 18 April 2023
- "The US Government’s View of the Cryptocurrency Landscape", The Digital Chamber, 21 March 2023
- The United States and Combating the Financing of Terrorism, The United Nations (UN), Vienna, 14 December 2022
- "Digital Assets and the Blockchain", Blockchain Association Policy Summit, 16 November 2022
- "Financial Crimes in the Virtual Environment–A Program for Mutual Legal Assistance", The Council of Europe, Palermo, 5 May 2022
- "Emerging Technologies and National Security Law", Chicago-Kent College of Law, 17 February 2022
- “Carpe Crypto: Digital Assets and Blockchain Technology,” Department of Justice Journal of Federal Law and Practice 70, January 2022
- “Cryptocurrency: Anti-Money Laundering Enforcement and Regulation,” American Bar Association Criminal Justice Magazine, July 2023
