Uttam’s extensive federal government and legal experience includes the following:

• United States Department of Justice
  • 2020 – 2021 – Director of INTERPOL Washington serving as the official U.S. representative to the world’s largest police organization.
  • 2018 – 2020 – Acting Administrator of the Drug Enforcement Administration.
  • 2003 – 2006 – Associate Deputy Attorney General.
  • 1990 – 1997 – Assistant United States Attorney, Central District of California.
• The White House
  • 2017-2018 – Deputy White House Counsel and Deputy Assistant to the President.
• United States Department of Homeland Security
  • 2006 – 2009 – Nominated by the President and unanimously confirmed by the Senate to serve as the first Director of the Office of Counternarcotics Enforcement.
• United States House of Representatives
  • 2013 – 2017 – Chief Oversight Counsel, United States House of Representatives Financial Services Committee.
  • 2003 – Chief Counsel and Deputy Staff Director, House Select Committee on Homeland Security.
  • 1997 – 1998 – Senior Investigative Counsel, House Committee on Government Reform and Oversight.

Before Uttam established roots in Washington D.C., he began his law career on the West Coast as a commercial litigator in private practice, honing his litigation skills while working for several large national firms.