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William H. Jeffress Jr.
Partner
Litigation
The Warner
1299 Pennsylvania Ave., NW
Washington, D.C. 20004-2400
United States of America
Phone: 202.639.7751
Fax: 202.585.1087
Education and Honors
LL.B., Yale Law School, 1970
Editor in Chief, Yale Law Journal

B.A. (summa cum laude), economics, Washington and Lee University, 1967

Recognized as the "Washington, DC Best Lawyers Bet-the-Company Litigator of the Year" for 2009

Listed in the Chambers USA Guide America's Leading Business Lawyers 2003 - 2009, Chambers Global The World's Leading Lawyers, 2004-2005 and The Best Lawyers in America, 1993 - 2010

Recognized as one of the "Top Ten Washington D.C. Super Lawyers" by Law & Politics, 2007

Recognized as a "Washington D.C. Super Lawyer" by Law & Politics, 2009

Admissions and Affiliations

District of Columbia Bar

U.S. Courts of Appeals for Second, Third, Fourth, Fifth, Sixth, Ninth and District of Columbia Circuits

U.S. District Courts for the Northern District of Texas, the Eastern District of Michigan and the District of Columbia

United States Supreme Court

American Bar Association, Committee on Ethics and Professional Responsibility, 1996-2002; Committee on Standards of Criminal Justice, Chair, 1993-96

American College of Trial Lawyers, Fellow
Practice Areas

Concentration

White collar criminal defense and commercial litigation

Summary

In his 35 years as a trial lawyer, Bill Jeffress has tried over 30 complex civil and criminal cases before juries in nine different states and the District of Columbia. He has also tried dozens of cases before judges and administrative tribunals. Mr. Jeffress' cases have involved a wide range of substantive areas, including fraud, government procurement, antitrust, securities, regulation of financial institutions, insurance, newsgathering, tax, healthcare, international transactions, civil rights and public corruption.

A large part of Mr. Jeffress' practice centers on the representation of corporations and individuals under investigation for violation of criminal laws, and defending them where indictments are returned. He has won acquittals for public officials accused of extortion, perjury, money laundering and vote-buying; for lawyers charged with bank fraud, insurance fraud and money laundering; and for businessmen accused of antitrust offenses, bribery, tax fraud, mail fraud, misapplication of funds and RICO violations.

Mr. Jeffress defended ABC News in a landmark case alleging fraud and trespass during newsgathering, successfully prosecuted the Mexican national oil company for civil contempt and successfully defended the first case against a multinational company to be tried under the Alien Tort Statute. He also won a Supreme Court ruling for former President Richard Nixon involving public access to the Watergate tapes and achieved a landmark ruling involving wheelchair accessibility at sports arenas under the Americans With Disabilities Act.

After graduation from Yale Law School, Mr. Jeffress served as a law clerk to Judge Gerhard A. Gesell of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia, and as a law clerk to Justice Potter Stewart of the United States Supreme Court. He has served as Chair of the American Bar Association's Criminal Justice Standards Committee and was a member of the ABA's Standing Committee on Ethics and Professional Responsibility from 1996 to 2002. He is a Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers and has testified as an expert witness on legal ethics and criminal defense practice.