Benjamin Longlet

About

Senior legal advisor and litigation strategist with substantial experience handling high stakes disputes and special matters. Former U.S. Department of Justice Senior Counsel and CIA Assistant General Counsel. Ex-Latham & Watkins. California Registered In-House Counsel.

Experience

• Chevron (San Francisco Bay Area)
  • Legal Advisor to the CLO
    Oct 2025 - Present · 9 mos

    Strategic initiatives, litigation, and special matters + AI adoption and transformation.

  • Senior Counsel, Americas E&P Litigation
    Feb 2024 - Sep 2025 · 1 yr 8 mos

    Litigation and international arbitration involving Chevron's upstream business units in the Americas.

• Chevron (San Francisco Bay Area)
  • Senior Counsel, Strategic Issues & Litigation
    Oct 2020 - May 2022 · 1 yr 8 mos

    Enterprise-level strategic policy issues and litigation risk management.

  • Senior Counsel, Upstream International Litigation
    Jan 2017 - Oct 2020 · 3 yrs 10 mos

    International litigation, arbitration, and investigations for Chevron’s international upstream business units.

• Assistant General Counsel at Central Intelligence Agency
  Aug 2009 - Jan 2017 · 7 yrs 6 mos

  Deputy Chief of Litigation; Legal Advisor, Near East Division: Senior Associate General Counsel, Office of the Director of National Intelligence; Legal Advisor, Weapons and Counterproliferation Mission Center.

• Senior Associate General Counsel at Office of the Director of National Intelligence
  May 2015 - Aug 2016 · 1 yr 4 mos

  Advice and counsel regarding U.S. Intelligence Community operations; interagency legal review coordination.

• Senior Counsel to the Assistant Attorney General at U.S. Department of Justice, Criminal Division
  Jan 2006 - Jan 2009 · 3 yrs 1 mo

  Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) enforcement, bilateral extradition matters, and multilateral law enforcement cooperation; Special Assistant United States Attorney, Eastern District of Virginia.