Jeffrey Knox

Litigation

Jeff Knox, former head of the U.S. DOJ Fraud Section, is Co-Managing Partner of Simpson Thacher’s Washington, D.C. office and Global Co-Head of the Firm’s Government and Internal Investigations Practice. He represents multinational corporations and independent board committees in high-stakes investigations by the DOJ, SEC, CFTC, CFPB and other federal and state enforcement regulators. He has advised some of the world’s leading financial institutions, energy companies, life sciences companies, technology firms and government contractors in navigating criminal and civil investigations relating to the FCPA, securities and accounting fraud, market manipulation, False Claims Act, antitrust, international money laundering, economic sanctions, and environmental crimes. Jeff also represents senior executives—in their individual capacity—who are subjects of enforcement investigations. Jeff has served as a government-appointed independent compliance consultant, and represents companies in government and court-mandated monitorships. Prior to joining the Firm, Jeff was an accomplished federal prosecutor, serving as the Chief of the DOJ’s Fraud Section in Washington, D.C., and the Chief of the National Security Section of the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of New York.

J.D., cum laude, Northwestern University School of Law; B.S., magna cum laude, University of Arizona