Paul V. Lettow
Associate

Contact

(T) +1.202.879.3916
(F) +1.202.626.1700

Education

  • Harvard University (J.D. 2005); Oxford University (D.Phil. in International Relations 2003); Princeton University (A.B. in History summa cum laude 1999; Phi Beta Kappa)

Bar Admissions

  • District of Columbia

Clerkships

  • Law Clerk to Chief Judge Danny J. Boggs, U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit (2005-2006)

Government Service

  • Senior Director for Strategic Planning and Institutional Reform, National Security Council staff, The White House (2007-2009); Senior Advisor to the Under Secretary for Democracy and Global Affairs, U.S. Department of State (2006-2007)

Prior to joining Jones Day, Paul Lettow served as the senior director for strategic planning and institutional reform on the National Security Council staff at The White House from 2007 to 2009. In that position, he helped establish and coordinated the interagency National Security Policy Planning Committee and prepared presidential policy directives. He received an NSC award for outstanding performance. Previously, Paul was senior advisor to the under secretary of state for democracy and global affairs from 2006 to 2007.

Paul is an adjunct senior fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations. He is also author of Ronald Reagan and His Quest to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (New York: Random House, 2005). Paul has appeared on numerous television and radio programs. He is a term member of the Council on Foreign Relations and a member of the International Institute for Strategic Studies.


Paul Lettow