Dan E. Stigall

Dan E. Stigall serves as a Distinguished Professorial Lecturer in National Security Law at George Washington University while concurrently working as an attorney for the U.S. Department of Justice's National Security Division. His career includes serving as Director for Counterterrorism on the National Security Council (2017-2019), authoring the U.S. National Strategy for Counterterrorism, and completing nine years as an active-duty U.S. Army Judge Advocate with global assignments.

Education:

• BA, JD from Louisiana State University
• LLM from George Washington University

Research Profile: His scholarship bridges international legal frameworks, comparative legal systems, and counterterrorism policy. Published in the Harvard National Security Journal, Military Law Review, and George Washington International Law Review, his work manifests through significant monographs including The Santillana Codes (2017) analyzing historical legal codification and Counterterrorism and Investigative Detention (2021) examining cross-jurisdictional detention protocols. Current teaching focuses on Comparative Law, National Security Law, and Transnational Security Law.