Jeffrey E Stone

Practice Areas

Partner Jeffrey E. Stone concentrates his practice on white-collar criminal defense, complex commercial litigation, internal investigations and counseling to boards of directors and senior business executives. He represents corporations, boards of directors, senior executives and other individuals in a variety of complex civil litigation and criminal prosecutions involving a broad range of industries, including health care, manufacturing and financial services.

During his 30 year tenure at McDermott, Jeffrey has served as chairman of the Firm, Global head of McDermott’s Trial Department and head of the White-Collar Criminal Defense Practice Group.

A nationally recognized trial lawyer and Fellow and Regent of the American College of Trial Lawyers, Jeffrey has tried more than 40 cases to verdict before juries in federal and state court. He has been ranked for many years in Best Lawyers in America for Bet–the–Company Litigation, Commercial Litigation, and White-Collar Criminal Defense. He is consistently named one of the Top 10 Lawyers in Chicago. He has taught trial advocacy at Harvard Law School, as an adjunct professor at Northwestern University School of Law, and at the US Attorney General’s Advocacy Institute in Washington, DC. He currently serves as an Adjunct Professor at the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University.

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Career

Served in the US Attorney’s Office in Chicago for five years as an Assistant US Attorney, concluding his tenure as deputy chief of the Criminal Receiving and Appellate Division. Served as a law clerk to Chief Judge Robert F. Peckham of the US District Court in San Francisco (1983 to 1984)

Professional Memberships

American College of Trial Lawyers, Fellow; Center on Wrongful Convictions; National Institute of Trial Advocacy.

Personal

Stanford University (BA, honors and distinction); Harvard Law School (JD, cum laude).

Work Highlights

Represented the Special Committee of a NYSE company in connection with allegations of Board self-dealing and in connection with Delaware Chancery Court litigation

Represented the former chief executive officer of a Fortune 100 company in connection with a criminal investigation and prosecution of alleged criminal antitrust violations

Represented the Board of Directors of one of the nation’s leading utility companies in connection with a criminal investigation into alleged bribery and mail/wire fraud violations

Represented a senior partner of one of the world’s largest private equity funds in connection with allegations of mail/wire fraud