Ken Weigel

Ken Weigel, a partner with Alston & Bird’s International Trade & Regulatory Group, has more than 35 years of experience advising companies on all aspects of international trade regulatory issues and is now residing on the Board of Advisors at Gideon Strategic Partners, a boutique RIA Investment firm.  His substantive practice areas include export controls and sanctions, customs, trade remedy proceedings (e.g., antidumping and countervailing duty), and trade policy. In these areas, he counsels and represents companies before the agencies and courts in audits, and civil and criminal investigations and disclosures. He also assists clients by providing advice on—and designing and implementing—import and export compliance programs.

Ken has written and spoken extensively on international trade issues. He has been recognized in Chambers USA, Chambers Global, Who’s Who in America, The Best Lawyers in America©, Super Lawyers, International Who’s Who of Trade & Customs Lawyers and Thought Leaders Global Elite, and America’s Most Honored Professionals, and is Peer Review Rated™ AV Preeminent® in Martindale-Hubbell®. According to Chambers, “Kenneth Weigel attracts a deluge of recommendations for his skills in trade work. Peers point to his ‘highly sophisticated practice,’ while clients prize his ‘wealth of knowledge and experience in international trade and customs issues,’ describing him as ‘a walking encyclopedia.’” 

He received his J.D. from George Washington University, where he was a member of the Order of the Coif, and his B.A. in economics from the University of Michigan.