David Cohen is a senior counsel at WilmerHale, where he advises clients on a wide range of national security, regulatory enforcement, and cross-border matters. He is also a founding partner in a strategic consulting firm and a member of the Anthropic National Security and Public Sector Advisory Council.
David served twice as Deputy Director of the Central Intelligence Agency, from 2021-2025 and, before that, from 2015-2017. As the Deputy Director, David assisted in overseeing the Agency’s domestic and worldwide operations, including foreign intelligence collection, covert action, and analytic production.
From 2011 to 2015, David served as the Under Secretary for Terrorism and Financial Intelligence in the Department of the Treasury. In that role, David was the lead national security official at the Treasury Department and supervised the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) and the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC). He helped design and enforce domestic anti-money laundering regulations as well as financial sanctions programs.
A Yale-educated lawyer, David practiced law for more than 20 years prior to, between, and after his government service.
