Jonathan Jeffress

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Jonathan 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.

Jon has successfully argued numerous appeals in the U.S. 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.