Whit Cobb

Whit Cobb is the General Counsel of Blacklake, a national security holding company. He previously served as Senior Vice President, Legal & Corporate Secretary of Amentum (NYSE:AMTM), where he played a key role in taking the company public in 2024. Previously Whit was the General Counsel of PAE Incorporated, a publicly traded, government services company that was acquired by Amentum in 2022. Before joining PAE, Whit served as the Deputy General Counsel of BAE Systems, Inc., a prime contractor to the U.S., U.K. and other governments. As Deputy General Counsel (Legal Counsel) of the Department of Defense from 2001 through 2004, Whit’s responsibilities included litigation and industrial security.

Prior to his service with the Department of Defense, Whit was a partner in the Washington, D.C. office of Jenner & Block, where his practice focused on government contracts issues. Whit has also been a Supreme Court Fellow, served on active duty in the United States Army as an attorney in the Army General Counsel’s Office, and clerked on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit. A former Army brat, Whit is a graduate of Yale Law School and a summa cum laude graduate of Duke University, which he attended on a ROTC scholarship.