Ed Wilson

Attorney, Reagan Administration appointee in the US Treasury Department, Lankford & Reed

D.E. (Ed) Wilson, Jr., is an attorney with Lankford & Reed PLLC and previously was a partner in the Washington, D.C., office of Venable, LLP. During the Reagan Administration, he served as the senior procurement official at the Executive Office of the President and the U.S. Treasury Department, working for Jim Baker.

He served as Associate Counsel to the President and Deputy Director and General Counsel of the Executive Office of the President. At the Treasury, he was the Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Management as well as Deputy and Acting General Counsel. At Venable, in addition to procurement matters, Ed focuses on the movement and regulation of money and value in international business and financial services. This includes cross-border transactions, doing business abroad (or entering the US market), and developing better compliance and risk reduction programs in areas such as anti-corruption, anti-money laundering and economic sanctions. Ed serves on Venable’s International Steering Committee where he is responsible for the firm’s relations with law firms in various parts of the world, including the Middle East, North Africa, and the “Stans.” He is a graduate of the University of Virginia and Georgetown Law.