Suzanne Jaffe Bloom

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Included in Benchmark Litigation US’s “Top 250 Women in Litigation,” Suzanne Jaffe Bloom is consistently recognized as one of New York’s top lawyers in white collar criminal defense and government investigations and described as “exceptionally smart and tenacious,” and “an outstanding strategist and a great trial lawyer.” (Chambers USA 2018.) Suzanne’s keen insights and her ability to mount vigorous defenses allow her to achieve clients’ goals in a highly effective manner, at times preventing government charges or claims from being filed in the first instance.

Suzanne is co-chair of the firm’s White Collar, Regulatory Defense, and Investigations Practice. She represents public and private companies, special board committees, financial institutions, investment firms, private equity funds, corporate executives, and other individuals in all aspects of white collar criminal and regulatory matters, government and internal investigations, and related complex civil litigation, often on multiple fronts at once, including the Department of Justice (DOJ) and State Attorney General investigations and proceedings. She defends clients in connection with a wide range of issues, including the False Claims Act (FCA) 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 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 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 numerous 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 FCA. In addition, Suzanne served as a member of the U.S. Attorney’s Advisory Committee and the Complex White Collar/Corporate Fraud Committee while with the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the E.D.N.Y. Suzanne’s extensive experience with government matters both on the prosecution and the defense side, coupled with her strong advocacy skills and commitment to her clients, enable her to achieve highly favorable results for her clients in some of their most sensitive matters.