Patrick Gilman is a partner in the Firm’s White Collar Defense, Investigations & Compliance Practice Group and is the co-lead of the Firm’s National Security practice. Patrick is a former federal prosecutor in the United States Army and a seasoned trial lawyer with extensive experience prosecuting and defending criminal and high-profile national security cases before both federal and state trial and appellate courts.

Patrick’s practice focuses on national security, cyber security, anti-money laundering, and anti-corruption matters, often representing corporations with global operations and significant risks of criminal liabilities.

Another key component of Patrick’s practice is internal investigations and assessing corporate risk. This portion of his practice includes the representation of executives relating to issues that involve the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA), Office of Foreign Asset Control (OFAC), International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR), the Committee on Foreign Investment of the United States (CFIUS) and anti-money laundering investigations.

Before joining Brown Rudnick, Patrick was an award-winning Judge Advocate in the United States Army focused on prosecuting violations of international and domestic federal criminal law. He has worked globally throughout Europe, the Middle East and East Asia, building and leading teams focused on and managing complex trials and conducting and managing investigations. Patrick is a decorated combat veteran with more than 18 years of experience in investigations and litigation, national security law, and disrupting illicit financial criminal networks. Patrick maintains a Top Secret/Sensitive Compartmented Information security clearance.

Sara Carlson currently serves as the acting Deputy General Counsel for Analysis, Technology, and Science in DIA’s Office of the General Counsel. Sara leads a team of attorneys and a paralegal who provide legal counsel and support to DIA’s Directorate of Analysis, Directorate of Science and Technology, and the Chief Information Officer. Prior to joining DIA, Ms. Carlson served as a legal counsel to the National Counterterrorism Center, Office of the Director of National Intelligence, where she served as the primary legal advisor to the Directorate of Operations Support and the Directorate of Strategic Operational Planning. In addition, Sara served as the primary legal advisor to the Director and the Center on domestic terrorism, creating a training program to ensure the proper exercise of legal authorities in this space. Sara also served as an active duty Army Judge Advocate in various other roles in both deployed and garrison environments. Ms. Carlson received her Bachelor of Science from the United States Military Academy at West Point, New York, and commissioned as a Military Police Officer in the United States Army following graduation. She received her law degree from the Pennsylvania State University’s Dickinson School of Law at University Park. Sara also has a Master’s in Military Law from the Army Judge Advocate General’s School in Charlottesville, Virginia, and a Master’s in National Security Law, with distinction, from the Georgetown University Law Center in Washington, D.C., where she presently serves as an adjunct professor. Sara lives in Northern Virginia with her husband and their children.