ArentFox Schiff

Complex Litigation

As the national leader of the firm’s Investigations group, Jacques helps health care and life science companies navigate bet-the-company government enforcement and litigation matters. Recognized as one of the top False Claims Act (FCA) practitioners in the country, Jacques represents health care and life sciences companies facing sensitive and high-stakes government investigations. He has more than 30 years of experience handling jury, bench, and administrative trials in a variety of civil and criminal cases in state and federal courts throughout the country. Jacques counsels his clients from a strategic hybrid perspective gained from his years of experience as both a trial attorney and an AV Preeminent® judicial-rated judge. A decorated Captain with unique legal insight developed over 30 years of service in the US Navy, including 24 years spent maintaining a dual career with ArentFox Schiff, Jacques served as General Courts-Martial Judge and Chief Navy Reserve Trial Judge and on the Navy-Marine Corps Court of Criminal Appeals.

National Judicial College, Advanced Evidence; Advanced Procedure, 2010 Louisiana State University, JD, 1991 Loyola University, BA, cum laude, 1988