Kelsey Clinton
Overview
Kelsey Clinton is a member of Crowell’s International Trade and White Collar and Regulatory Enforcement practices, based in Washington, DC. She represents a diverse range of clients, including Fortune 500 companies, leading financial institutions, public and private universities, and non-profits.
Career & Education
- U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee
Law Clerk, Honorable Eli J. Richardson, 2021–2022 - Department of Justice: United States Attorneys' Office
Intern, Major Crimes Division, 2019
- U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee
- Vanderbilt University, B.A., magna cum laude
- Stanford Law School, J.D., 2021
- District of Columbia
- Tennessee (Inactive)
Kelsey's Insights
Client Alert | 6 min read | 08.12.25
Joint Criminal and Civil Export Controls Enforcement: Lessons from the Cadence Case
On July 28, 2025, Cadence Design Systems Inc. (“Cadence” or “the Company”), a global electronic design automation (“EDA”) technology company based in San Jose, California, agreed to plead guilty in a settlement with the U.S. Department of Justice’s National Security Division (“NSD”) and the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of California. Through its guilty plea, Cadence agreed to resolve charges that it committed criminal violations of export controls by selling EDA hardware, software, and semiconductor design intellectual property (“IP”) technology to the National University of Defense Technology (“NUDT”), a Chinese military university on the U.S. Entity List since 2015 due to its involvement in military and nuclear simulation activities. In addition, Cadence simultaneously resolved a civil enforcement action brought by the U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Industry and Security (“BIS”) related to the same underlying conduct.
Client Alert | 2 min read | 02.28.25
Insights
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07.11.23
The Banking Law Journal
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06.15.23
Government Contracting Law Report
Commerce, Treasury, DOJ Publish Tri-Seal Sanctions and Export Control Compliance Note
|03.19.24
Crowell & Moring’s International Trade Law
BIS Publishes FAQs on Export Controls of Semiconductors and Advanced Computing Items
|01.03.24
Crowell & Moring’s International Trade Law
State Department Publishes Fact Sheet on AUKUS Trade Authorization Mechanism
|07.17.23
Crowell & Moring’s International Trade Law
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04.24.23
Crowell & Moring’s International Trade Law
Kelsey's Insights
Client Alert | 6 min read | 08.12.25
Joint Criminal and Civil Export Controls Enforcement: Lessons from the Cadence Case
On July 28, 2025, Cadence Design Systems Inc. (“Cadence” or “the Company”), a global electronic design automation (“EDA”) technology company based in San Jose, California, agreed to plead guilty in a settlement with the U.S. Department of Justice’s National Security Division (“NSD”) and the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of California. Through its guilty plea, Cadence agreed to resolve charges that it committed criminal violations of export controls by selling EDA hardware, software, and semiconductor design intellectual property (“IP”) technology to the National University of Defense Technology (“NUDT”), a Chinese military university on the U.S. Entity List since 2015 due to its involvement in military and nuclear simulation activities. In addition, Cadence simultaneously resolved a civil enforcement action brought by the U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Industry and Security (“BIS”) related to the same underlying conduct.
Client Alert | 2 min read | 02.28.25
