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Jonathan King

Jonathan D. King

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Co-Chair, Global Investigations

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Prior Experience

Prior to joining DLA Piper in 2002, Jon served for more than eight years as an Assistant United States Attorney in Chicago and for nearly four years as an Assistant State's Attorney in the Cook County State's Attorney's Office. Before embarking on his career as a government lawyer, Jon was in private practice.

Before leaving the US Attorney's Office, Jon's most recent work on behalf of the government involved the investigation and prosecution of high-profile public corruption cases. At the time Jon left the Office, he was assigned to the Public Corruption Section, where he was fully devoted to the prosecution of such cases.

Before serving in the Public Corruption Section, Jon was assigned to the Special Prosecutions Section. There, in addition to handling corruption cases, he was also responsible for the investigation and prosecution of complex financial crimes involving fraud and other white-collar offenses. In this capacity, Jon conducted investigations involving frauds and thefts, including Ponzi schemes, commercial kickbacks and tax and bankruptcy frauds. For example, Jon directed an FBI investigation into the conduct of several employees of a major manufacturer of medical devices, who created and carried out a scheme to steal devices from their employer and local hospitals and then to sell these devices, for millions of dollars, in a diversionary market.

Recognitions

  • Chambers USA
    2021 - Band 3, Illinois Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations 
  • The Legal 500 United States
    2021 - Recommended, Corporate Investigations and White-Collar Criminal Defense
    2018-20 - Recommended, Corporate Investigations and White-Collar Criminal Defense
    2017 - Recommended, White-Collar Criminal Defense

Martindale-Hubbell rated Jon AV, its highest rating, a measure of peer recognition for ethical standards and legal ability. He has been named an Illinois Super Lawyer, as the result of research projects conducted jointly by Law & Politics and Chicago magazines.

In June 1997, United States Attorney General Janet Reno awarded him the Attorney General's Award for Distinguished Service.

Education

  • J.D., Northwestern University 1989
    cum laude
  • B.A., The University of Chicago 1986
    with honors

Teaching Experience

Jon has served as head coach of the National Trial Advocacy Team at Northwestern University School of Law.

Jon served as an instructor at the US Department of Justice National Advocacy Center for seminars on evidence and complex narcotics cases. He has also served as an adjunct professor of trial advocacy.

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