Jillian Berman

Practice Areas

Jillian Berman has successfully represented individuals and companies in high-stakes, complex government investigations involving the Department of Justice, the Securities and Exchange Commission, and other regulatory agencies. Her client roster includes chief executive officers, chief financial officers, portfolio managers, traders, law firms, broker-dealers, real estate firms, and other companies. She also conducts internal investigations for companies and boards of directors, and advises on compliance and corporate governance issues.

Jillian’s matters have involved allegations of securities and commodities fraud (including insider trading, market manipulation, and accounting fraud), antitrust violations and price fixing, money laundering, bribery, public corruption, election fraud, cyber fraud, False Claims Action violations, FCPA violations, and obstruction of justice and perjury, among others.

Career

Partner, LSW; partner at litigation boutique in NYC; Assistant U.S. Attorney, SDNY; law clerk to the Honorable Dennis Jacobs, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit; law clerk to the Honorable Richard L. Williams, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Virginia.

Professional Memberships

Federal Bar Council (Federal Criminal Practice and Alternatives to Sentencing Committees, Inn of Court); NYS Bar Association; NYC Bar Association (White Collar, Government and State Ethics, and Women in the Legal Profession Committees); New York Council of Defense Lawyers (Board Member; Membership Chair); Women’s White Collar Defense Association (NY Chapter Program Coordinator).

Personal

University of Chicago Law School, J.D.; Cornell University, B.S.