Jim Langdon

Jim Langdon
Chair of the President's Intelligence Advisory Board
In office
February 25, 2005 – December 20, 2005
PresidentGeorge W. Bush
Preceded byBrent Scowcroft
Succeeded bySteve Friedman
Personal details
Born (1945-09-20) September 20, 1945
PartyRepublican
EducationUniversity of Texas at Austin (BBA, JD)

James Calhoun Langdon Jr. (born September 20, 1945 in Los Angeles, California) is an American attorney and former government official. He served as a member (2001[1]-2005) and briefly chair (February 2005-December 20, 2005[2]) of the President's Foreign Intelligence Advisory Board under George W. Bush. Langdon, a partner in the Akin Gump law firm, was one of Bush's "Pioneer" fundraisers.[3]

He earned a B.B.A. at the University of Texas at Austin in 1967 and a J.D. at the University of Texas School of Law in 1970.

In December 2025, Langdon was fined $1.1 million by the U.S. Department of the Treasury for Office of Foreign Assets Control sanctions violations over management of Heritage Trust, which Treasury determined to be vehicle for Russian oligarch Suleiman Kerimov to evade U.S. sanctions. OFAC said Langdon provided "substantial cooperation" in the investigation.[4] OFAC did not name Langdon but Bloomberg reported he was the subject of the action. A representative for Langdon, who retired from Akin Gump in 2019, told Bloomberg he "believed at all times that the activities and operation of the trust were entirely compliant with applicable laws and regulations."[5]

References

  1. ^ "Nominations and Appointments". Georgewbush-whitehouse.archives.gov. 2001-10-05. Retrieved 2017-10-17.
  2. ^ "Personnel Announcement". Georgewbush-whitehouse.archives.gov. Retrieved 2017-10-17.
  3. ^ "The Issue Wonk. National Policy Facts and Analysis". Issuewonk.com. Archived from the original on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2017-10-17.
  4. ^ "Settlement Agreement between the U.S. Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control and An Individual | Office of Foreign Assets Control". ofac.treasury.gov. Retrieved 2026-02-10.
  5. ^ "MSN". www.msn.com. Retrieved 2026-02-10.