Nathan Sales
Nathan Alexander Sales is an American lawyer, academic, and government official who is currently serving as Coordinator for Counterterrorism within the U.S. Department of State. Prior to assuming his current role, he was an associate professor at Syracuse University College of Law, where his fields of research included national security law, counterterrorism law, administrative law, and constitutional law. Sales was also of counsel at the law firm Kirkland & Ellis.Education
Sales received his B.A. from Miami University and his J.D., magna cum laude, from Duke University School of Law. In law school, he was research editor of the Duke Law Journal. Sales was Phi Beta Kappa and Order of the Coif. He clerked for Judge David B. Sentelle of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit.Government service
Sales previously served as Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy at the United States Department of Homeland Security and senior counsel in the Office of Legal Policy at the United States Department of Justice. In June 2017, President Donald Trump nominated Sales to serve as Coordinator for Counterterrorism. He was confirmed to this position by the United States Senate on August 3, 2017.
