Robert Storch

About Robert Storch

Served until January 2025 as the Presidentially-appointed Senate confirmed (PAS) Inspector General for the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD), leading an outstanding team of more than 1,850 auditors, evaluators, lawyers, criminal and administrative investigators, and support professionals in more than 50 offices worldwide in conducting robust programmatic and investigative oversight of DoD programs and personnel. Served as the Congressionally-designated Special Inspector General overseeing U.S. assistance to Ukraine, and as Lead Inspector General for ongoing overseas contingency operations related to countering ISIS in Iraq and Syria, and furthering U.S. policy goals in Afghanistan. Chaired both the Defense Council on Integrity and Efficiency (DCIE), bringing together oversight entities from across the DoD enterprise, and the Technology Committee of the government-wide Council of the Inspectors General on Integrity and Efficiency (CIGIE), advancing oversight of the use of new and emerging technologies and their effective utilization in oversight. Served on the Pandemic Response Accountability Committee (PRAC), which is responsible for overseeing the more than $5 trillion in pandemic relief programs and spending, and as a member of the CIGIE Executive Council, which sets direction and policy for the federal IG community.Previously served as the first PAS Inspector General for the National Security Agency (NSA), the Deputy Inspector General and Whistleblower Ombudsperson for the U.S. Department of Justice, and for some two dozen years as a federal prosecutor at two U.S. Attorney\'s Offices and, between them, the Public Integrity Section of the Criminal Division at DOJ. Also posted as a Resident Legal Advisor for DOJ in Ukraine, and returned there to provide technical assistance on behalf of the US in the drafting of their anti-corruption legislation and, later, its implementation. Worked early in my career as a litigation associate at the law firms of Covington Burling in Washington, D.C, and, later, Bond, Schoeneck & King in Albany, NY, and as a law clerk for the Hon. William D. Keller, U.S. District Judge for the Central District of California. Pleased to contribute as an Adjunct Professor of Law at the Georgetown University Law Center and as a Professorial Lecturer in Law at The George Washington University Law School, both in the fall of 2025, and as a Lecturer in Law at Columbia Law School in the spring of 2026. Admitted to the Bars of New York, D.C, and California.

Experience

1. Lecturer in Law

   Columbia Law School

   Jan 2026 — Present · New York, NY, US

Education

• Columbia Law School

  Doctor of Law - JD

  1982 — 1985

• Harvard University

  Bachelor of Arts - BA, History and Government

  1978 — 1982