Jeffrey W. Yeates, JD, LLM

Jeffrey Yeates served in the CIA Office of General Counsel for 25 years. He served as Chief Legal Advisor for two Directorate of Operations divisions. Throughout his career, he advised on a full range of operational, international, and fiscal legal issues in Washington, D.C. and numerous overseas locations, including warzones. He researched and drafted legal documents for senior CIA clients and U.S. Government agency coordination, including the White House.  He also served as the Legal Advisor and Chief of the CIA’s Office of Equal Employment Opportunity.

Jeffrey was born in Alexandria, VA, and grew up in Vienna, VA. He graduated from BYU with a B.A. in International Relations and a minor in Arabic, earned his J.D. at William & Mary School of Law, and then an LL.M. in International Law at Queen Mary College, University of London as a Drapers Fellowship Scholar.

Jeffrey is certified as a mediator in the Virginia state court system. He is active in his community, undertaking pro bono legal work, teaching ESL classes, and promoting and participating in Red Cross blood drives.

He is also a freelance travel and outdoor writer who has penned articles about mountain biking in New Zealand’s Pureora Forest, spending very little money in Uzbekistan, and exploring the most far-off U.S. National Park, in American Samoa.