JeffSchenk

Jeff Schenk is an experienced trial lawyer who successfully litigated some of the most high-profile cases in recent years. Jeff's practice includes conducting internal investigations involving criminal and civil issues, particularly within the technology (including artificial intelligence) and life sciences space. Jeff also leads the defense of companies through complex business litigation and alleged violations of federal law.

For almost 20 years, Jeff served in the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Northern District of California and for the Southern District of California. In that time, Jeff tried more than a dozen federal jury trials to verdict, including in areas such as securities fraud, public corruption, health care fraud, tax fraud, environmental crimes, and regulatory violations such as Pipeline Safety Act violations.

Jeff led the separate jury trials of the CEO and COO of Theranos, Inc., a health care technology company in prosecutions arising out of multimillion dollar schemes to defraud investors and patients in connection with blood testing services in which the juries found the parties guilty of multiple counts of conspiracy and wire fraud.

Jeff also co-chaired a three-week jury trial of a former Santa Clara police officer for cybercrime and honest services fraud charges arising out of his sale of confidential law enforcement information to members of a violent street gang, and he led two separate trials against a CEO and CFO arising out of a multimillion dollar Ponzi scheme in which the jury found the defendants guilty of conspiracy to commit mail, wire, and securities fraud.

Jeff currently serves on the Federal Bar Association's national White Collar Committee and speaks regularly on issues related to white collar crime and investigations.