Dave Jonas

Profile

Dave Jonas, a partner at FH+H, focuses his practice on serving mid-tier corporations, C-suite executives, providing general counsel services to small companies, and individual clients through contract/agreement design, analysis, negotiation, and litigation.

Mr. Jonas represents, advises, and counsels these businesses and individuals on a variety of matters, including corporate transactions, the review of executive employment agreements, employment law (such as proposed terminations, administrative leave, whistleblower, EEO issues, and security clearance matters), government contracts, administrative law and more. Having argued before the United States Supreme Court, Mr. Jonas also has extensive litigation and appellate experience.

Additionally, Mr. Jonas has extensive experience in national security issues and is recognized as one of a handful of experts worldwide in nuclear nonproliferation law. He is widely published in this subject area and served as a negotiator for the US - India Civil Nuclear Agreement – among many other international agreements. He also served on the Presidential Transition Teams for Defense and Energy and was nominated to be General Counsel of the Department of Energy.

Mr. Jonas is an accomplished senior executive attorney with diverse legal, government relations, strategic planning, and leadership experience. He served as general counsel of two federal agencies, to include the National Nuclear Security Administration, following his distinguished Marine Corps service that included becoming the first judge advocate in the history of the Army, Navy, Marine Corps, and Air Force to argue in front of the US Supreme Court. He received the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces Award for Excellence in Legal Writing and was selected as the Outstanding Career Judge Advocate in the Marine Corps.

Mr. Jonas is an adjunct professor at Georgetown University Law Center and George Washington University Law School and taught at the U.S. Naval War College. He serves on the Board of Directors and as General Counsel of the Young Marines. He is also on the Boards of the American Bar Association Rule of Law Initiative, and the Center for Ethics and the Rule of Law at University of Pennsylvania Law School. He served for nearly a decade on the Board of the Naval War College Foundation.