
Jason I. Poblete represents individuals and corporations in both domestic and international matters in his regulatory and transactional practice. Poblete helps clients navigate the complex legal and at times political, federal interagency regulatory and legislative processes primarily on matters overseen by the Department of State, Department of the Treasury, Department of Commerce as well as the Congress.
Before forming Poblete Tamargo in 2010, he worked as a senior Attorney in the Global Regulatory Litigation group of Reed Smith LLP. Prior to Reed Smith, Poblete worked for House Ways and Means Committee Chairman, Rep. Bill Thomas (R-Calif.), as well as a Congressional Committee.
During his tenure on Capitol Hill he was selected several times by the editors of Roll Call newspaper as one of the “50 Most Influential Staffers” in Congress. He worked for seven years at the Republican National Committee, starting in 1993, the year before the Republicans won control of Congress for the first time in 50 years.
Poblete is an expert on legislative procedure and administrative rule-making. He concentrating his practice in the following areas: trade compliance, export control laws and regulations for military and dual-use items, economic sanctions, and related areas such as anti-boycott, Interpol defense, and human rights. He has conducted and taken part in numerous compliance audits in both the U.S. and in foreign countries as well as Congressional oversight and investigations.
Poblete has advocated on behalf of former foreign heads of state and their families, political opposition leaders and political prisoners in foreign countries subjected to human rights abuses, multinational corporations, publicly traded companies, a Native-American tribe, non-governmental and international organizations, as well as companies from the following industries: defense, telecommunications, aviation, advertising, energy, pharmaceutical, international bulk shipping, Internet, and software development firms.
He has also represented individuals and families with claims against foreign governments for the unlawful confiscation of property as well as religious liberty matters.
Jason has represented clients before numerous committees of the U.S. Congress, international organizations such as Interpol, and has testified before a Special Committee of the United Nations (UN) in New York. Poblete has also counseled clients on matters before the Inter-American Commission for Human Rights of the Organization of American States (OAS) as well as the Commission for the Control of INTERPOL’s Files (CCF).
Jason has published op-eds or been quoted in several U.S. and international publications such as The Wall Street Journal, National Review, The American Spectator, Roll Call, POLITICO, The Hill, The Miami Herald, The Washington Examiner, McClatchy News, Associated Press, Corporate Compliance Insights, World ECR: Journal of Export Controls and Economic Sanctions (UK), RCN Colombia, and La Prensa (Nicaragua).
Jason resides in Arlington, Virginia with his wife, Dr. Yleem Poblete, PhD, are both are members of the Order of Malta and he is a Life Member of the National Eagle Scout Association.
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