Richard Weir

Special Agent in Charge, U.S. Department of Commerce Office of Export Enforcement

 Richard “Rick” Weir is the Special Agent in Charge (SAC) of The Department of Commerce’s, Bureau of Industry and Security, Office of Export Enforcement, Los Angeles Field Office.  In that role, he is responsible for the protection and promotion of U.S. national security and foreign policy objectives in his assigned area of responsibility.  He supervises a highly specialized law enforcement office that is focused on deterring the proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction, missile delivery systems, and the diversion of dual-use goods to unauthorized military end-uses, terrorists and state sponsors of terror.  The Los Angeles Field Office is responsible for investigating violations in Southern California, Southern Nevada, and Hawaii.

SAC Weir joined the Office of Export Enforcement in 2001 and has served previously as the Assistant Special Agent in Charge and as a Field Agent in Los Angeles. Prior to coming to OEE he was a U.S. Customs Inspector in the Port of Long Beach/Los Angeles where he spent all four years on the Outbound Enforcement Team.  Rick’s over 35 years of federal service include 10 years in the U.S. Navy serving in Operations and Law Enforcement.  Rick also served as a member of the California Army National Guard where he served in a Military Intelligence Battalion.

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Track A: Export Controls and Doing Business with China Location: Room 180, Stanford Law School Date: June 12, 2023 Time: 10:15 am - 11:15 am View session

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