Kevin J. Fandl is a federal attorney and the Director of the Executive Secretariat for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. He previously worked as an attorney for the U.S. Trade and Development Agency and for U.S. Customs and Border Protection. He has been an adjunct law professor at the American University Washington College of Law since 2004, teaching courses on international trade and development law, intellectual property and international trade law, and advanced legal writing. He is also the lead substantive law professor in the Summer Legal English program, offered twice each year to foreign law practitioners and students. Kevin J. Fandl is a federal attorney and the Director of the Executive Secretariat for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. He previously worked as an attorney for the U.S. Trade and Development Agency and for U.S. Customs and Border Protection. He has been an adjunct law professor at the American University Washington College of Law since 2004, teaching courses on international trade and development law, intellectual property and international trade law, and advanced legal writing. He is also the lead substantive law professor in the Summer Legal English program, offered twice each year to foreign law practitioners and students.
In his experience as a professor, he has taught many courses on subjects such as international business, economic development, and introduction to the U.S. legal system in places such as the Universidad de Chile (Santiago), la Univerisdad de los Andes (Bogotá), and for the International Law Institute in the Dominican Republic (Santo Domingo).
Within his academic work, Kevin has also written and published numerous articles on subjects such as economic development, international trade law, and the informal economy. Some of his more recent publications have included, The Role of Informal Legal Institutions in Economic Development (Fordham International Law Journal), Bilateral Agreements and Fair Trade Practices: A Policy Analysis of the U.S.-Colombia Free Trade Agreement (Yale Human Rights and Development Law Journal), and Dead Capital and the Sea: Post-Tsunami Relief for the Southeast Asian Informal Economy (Yale Journal of International Affairs). He was also awarded a Fulbright grant in 2006 to travel to Bogotá, Colombia, to conduct an investigation of the Colombian informal economy while teaching classes in the Masters of Law program at la Universidad de los Andes. He was also invited to present on this research in South Africa and India at conferences on international relations.
He earned his Juris Doctorate in law in 2003 from the American University Washington College of Law, and served as the Senior Critical Essays Editor on the International Law Review. He also completed his Masters degree in International Relations at American University in 2000 and a certificate in International Human Rights Law from Oxford University the same year. Kevin is licensed to practice law in New York, Massachusetts, and Washington, D.C.
Kevin lives in Washington, D.C., and is currently completing his Doctorate in Public Policy at George Mason University. The subject of his research is the informal economy and rule of law in Colombia.
