Dustin Palmer

Before joining Promontory, Dustin was Senior Advisor to the General Counsel and Senior Counsel for Enforcement and Intelligence at the U.S. Department of the Treasury. At Treasury, he advised senior officials on issues such as AML/CFT policy, economic sanctions, and the Bank Secrecy Act. He was a key attorney in setting up the Troubled Asset Relief Program, executive compensation rules, and other aspects of the government's financial recovery and stability plans. Dustin was also integrally involved in interpreting and establishing data protection and privacy standards, including being part of an international negotiating team dealing with the sharing of personal data between Europe and the United States. Prior to his tenure at Treasury, he worked as an attorney for the U.S. Department of Homeland Security in the Office of Legal Counsel, working closely with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and U.S. Customs and Border Protection on their AML and smuggling investigations. Earlier in his career, Dustin was an associate with Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher and a clerk to Judge Karen J. Williams of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit.