Julie Lee Choi is an associate in the Boston office of Latham & Watkins. 

Julie is a member of the Litigation & Trial Department, where she practices primarily in the firm’s Export Controls, Economic Sanctions & Customs Practice.

Julie principally assists companies in navigating the process of securing national security clearance from the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS). Julie has represented clients in several filed cases and has advised clients on whether filings are required or advisable.

Julie also assists in counseling clients on compliance with US international trade controls, including economic sanctions regulations administered and enforced by the Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC), and US export controls.

While in law school, Julie worked as a legal intern at the US Securities and Exchange Commission’s Division of Enforcement. Prior to law school, Julie worked as a researcher on international security issues.

Prior to joining Latham full-time, Julie was a summer associate in the Washington, D.C. office.

Bar Qualification

  • District of Columbia
  • Massachusetts

Education

  • JD, Georgetown University Law Center, 2019
    cum laude
  • BA in International Relations & Global Studies & French Studies, University of Pennsylvania, 2011
    magna cum laude

Languages Spoken

  • English
  • Korean
  • French