Suzanne Jaffe Bloom

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Suzanne is a former federal prosecutor (SDNY and EDNY) who is consistently recognized as one of New York’s top lawyers in white collar criminal defense and government investigations and described by Chambers USA as “exceptionally smart and tenacious” and “an outstanding strategist and a great trial lawyer.” Suzanne is a dedicated advocate for her clients, who benefit from her wealth of government experience. Suzanne’s keen insights, strategic acumen, and ability to mount vigorous defenses allow her to achieve her clients’ goals in a highly effective manner, at times preventing government charges or claims from being filed in the first instance.

Suzanne’s extensive experience with government matters on both the prosecution and the defense side, coupled with her strong advocacy skills and commitment to her clients, enables her to achieve highly favorable results for her clients in some of their most sensitive matters.

Suzanne, Global Co-Chair of the firm’s White Collar & Government Investigations, represents clients in a vast array of industries, including public and private companies and organizations, special board committees, financial institutions, investment firms, bank and non-bank lenders, private equity funds, corporate executives, and other individuals in all aspects of both federal and state criminal and civil investigations and related litigation. Suzanne routinely defends clients in investigations and litigations led by various investigative, enforcement, and regulatory authorities, often on multiple fronts at once, including the U.S. Department of Justice; regional U.S. Attorney’s Offices; federal, state and local investigative and regulatory agencies; and State Attorney General Offices nationwide, among others. She defends clients in connection with a wide range of issues, including the False Claims Act and related qui tam/whistleblower litigation, the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA), the Medicare Secondary Payer Act, government program fraud, bribery and the Anti-Kickback Statute, health care fraud, government contracting fraud, insider trading, accounting fraud, tax fraud, embezzlement, money laundering, public corruption, securities fraud, and obstruction of justice. In addition, Suzanne counsels clients on the development, implementation, and enhancement of compliance and remediation programs, and she provides valuable guidance for achieving compliance objectives and minimizing the risk of government investigations and related actions. She has also served as counsel to state regulators in connection with the monitoring of several large insurance brokerage firms following a multistate investigation of allegations of bid-rigging and other wrongdoing.

Suzanne previously served as a federal prosecutor in both the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York (S.D.N.Y.) and the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of New York (E.D.N.Y), where she was Deputy Chief of the Long Island Criminal Division, overseeing its corporate fraud and complex white collar matters. During her 12 years as a federal prosecutor, Suzanne conducted many grand jury investigations and federal jury trials, and successfully investigated and prosecuted sophisticated white collar crimes, including those involving alleged health care fraud, government contracting fraud, public corruption, money laundering, tax offenses, bank fraud, and securities fraud. Suzanne also led joint criminal and civil investigations involving alleged violations of the False Claims Act.