Eric L. Hirschhorn is the recently-appointed Under Secretary of Commerce for Export Administration and head of the Bureau of Industry and Security, U.S. Department of Commerce. Hirschhorn, until recently a partner in the Washington, D.C. office of Winston & Strawn LLP, has been active in the areas of international law, litigation, and professional responsibility for more than three decades. He served as Deputy Assistant Secretary for Export Administration at the U.S. Department of Commerce (1980-1981), and was a member of President Jimmy Carter's reorganization project staff (1977-1980). From 1986 until his appointment as Under Secretary, Hirschhorn was Executive Secretary of the Industry Coalition on Technology Transfer (ICOTT), a group whose industry participants are affected by U.S. export control and embargo rules.