Attorney
Washington, District of Columbia, 20005
Jonathan S. Jeffress has represented clients in all phases of federal criminal cases and has won acquittals in over half a dozen federal criminal trials. He has led the representation of clients in multiple high-profile matters, including numerous clients involved in the Mueller investigation, a former high-ranking federal official facing charges of sexual harassment, and a high-profile political figure formerly under investigation – but ultimately cleared – in connection with the investigation into Maria Butina’s alleged espionage. Jon recently secured a mistrial in a high-profile federal trial based on a Brady violation for William Wilson, a former government contractor charged with fraud, bribery and false statements. Jon is co-counsel on the 2020 Legal 500 submission of a matter related to a former general counsel of a financial services company who was the subject of a Foreign Corrupt Practices Act investigation.
Jon has successfully argued numerous appeals in the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. He lectures regularly on law enforcement sting operations to Federal Defender Offices across the country and members of the Criminal Justice Act Panels. He is a member of the Board of Directors for Rising for Justice (formerly Law Students in Court (LSIC), a non-profit corporation that assists over 6,000 litigants in the D.C. Courts every year. He also serves on the Judge Thomas Flannery Lecture Committee. Jon previously served as a Screening Committee Member on Clemency Project 2014, reviewing and making recommendations for executive clemency in the wake of significant changes in federal sentencing law.
Prior to joining the Federal Public Defender’s office, Jon was an associate at Williams & Connolly. Jon is a member of the Edward Bennett Williams American Inn of Court, an invitation-only professional organization devoted to white-collar criminal practice.
