Managing Partner
Donald Gross Law advises clients on compliance with strict US export controls and CFIUS requirements as well as economic sanctions and Customs regulations. We assist clients seeking Green Cards, US citizenship or long-term visas to live, work, do business, invest or study in the United States.
Drawing on decades of government and private sector experience in national security, export control, immigration, import compliance and anti-corruption policy, Don counsels clients on developing and implementing technology control plans to achieve the objectives of their cross-border investments and technology transactions.
Don is committed to public service. He served in senior positions at the US State Department, US Arms Control and Disarmament Agency, and White House National Security Council in offices that implemented strategic trade, nonproliferation and dual-use technology controls. In the private sector, Don has been senior counsel at Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld in Washington, international legal advisor to Kim & Chang in Seoul, Korea and senior advisor at Albright Stonebridge Group in Washington.
Don has published numerous articles on business, legal, and public policy issues, while serving as a commentator for CNN, MSNBC, Fox Business News, SkyNews, Real Clear World, the Voice of America, the Wall Street Journal, and other leading media. In 2013, Bloomsbury published his critically acclaimed book on U.S.-China relations titled The China Fallacy: How the U.S. Can Benefit from China’s Rise and Avoid Another Cold War.
Don has been admitted to practice before the United States Court of International Trade and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. He is a certified arbitrator for the Office of Dispute Resolution of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) and an Adjunct Fellow of Pacific Forum CSIS, an arm of the Center for Strategic and International Studies. He is an active member of the Bar of the District of Columbia and the Illinois Bar. He has also been admitted to the New York Bar. He graduated with honors from Cornell University and the University of Chicago Law School.