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Stephen Jonas
Position
Partner
Co-Chair, White Collar Defense and Investigations Practice
Career
Stephen A. Jonas is co-chair of the firm’s White Collar Defense and Investigations Practice. His practice focuses on representing corporations and individuals in investigations and criminal defense and grand jury matters. Mr. Jonas’ work includes the full range of representation of clients in this area from internal corporate investigations to federal grand jury representation to criminal trials and appeals. He has represented clients in jurisdictions around the country, as well as in cross-border investigations. Mr. Jonas also handles related False Claims Act cases, government enforcement proceedings and civil litigation. He has substantial experience in the areas of federal healthcare fraud, immigration fraud, accounting fraud, securities fraud, economic espionage and environmental crimes. Mr. Jonas also has experience in the unique issues of representing corporate and outside legal counsel in government investigations. Finally, Mr. Jonas frequently represents clients in investigations and litigation involving State Attorneys General.
Mr. Jonas joined Hale and Dorr in 1984. In 1988, Mr. Jonas was appointed Deputy Attorney General and Chief of the Public Protection Bureau of the Massachusetts Attorney General’s Office, which handled all of the Commonwealth’s environmental, civil rights and consumer enforcement investigations and litigation, as well as its nuclear plant safety and asbestos property damage litigation. Mr. Jonas rejoined the firm in 1991.
Professional Activities
Mr. Jonas is a member of the American Bar Association, the Massachusetts Bar Association and the National Association of Criminal Defense Attorneys.
Memberships
- Massachusetts
- US Supreme Court
Education
JD, Columbia Law School, 1982
BA, Dartmouth College, 1979
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Finance > Financial services regulation
- Antitrust > Cartel
- International trade > CFIUS
- Antitrust > Civil litigation/class actions: defense
- Industry focus > Education
- Intellectual property > Patents: licensing
- Industry focus > Education
- Industry focus > Education
- Industry focus > Native American law
- Intellectual property > Patents: litigation (full coverage)
- Dispute resolution > Securities litigation: defense
Firm Rankings
- Media, technology and telecoms > Cyber law (including data privacy and data protection)
- Dispute resolution > General commercial disputes
- M&A/corporate and commercial > M&A: middle-market ($500m-999m)
- Media, technology and telecoms > Outsourcing
- Government > State attorneys general
- Media, technology and telecoms > Technology transactions
- International trade > Trade remedies and trade policy
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Venture capital and emerging companies
- Finance > Capital markets: equity offerings
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Corporate governance
- International trade > Customs, export controls and economic sanctions
- Government > Government contracts
- Government > Government relations
- Dispute resolution > International arbitration
- Healthcare > Life sciences
- Labor and employment > Employee benefits, executive compensation and retirement plans: transactional
- Environment > Environment: regulatory
- Dispute resolution > Financial services litigation
- Finance > Fintech
- Media, technology and telecoms > Media and entertainment: litigation
- Antitrust > Merger control
- Intellectual property > Patents: litigation (International Trade Commission)
- Tax > US taxes: non-contentious
- Finance > Commercial lending
- Real estate > Real estate
- Finance > Restructuring (including bankruptcy): corporate
- Dispute resolution > Appellate: courts of appeals / Appellate: supreme courts (states and federal)
- Finance > Capital markets: debt offerings
- Dispute resolution > Corporate investigations and white-collar criminal defense