Jonathan S. Feld

Jonathan S. Feld concentrates his practice in complex civil and criminal enforcement matters, including antitrust, healthcare, financial and anti-bribery actions. Mr. Feld represents companies, directors and officers in these investigations and enforcement actions prosecuted by the U.S. Department of Justice, Securities and Exchange Commission and other regulatory agencies. His clients have included multi-national European companies as well as domestic corporations. Mr. Feld’s experience has been particularly helpful in advising corporations and audit committees regarding internal investigations, corporate compliance programs, and corporate governance issues, especially with regard to the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (“FCPA”). He has advised companies on FCPA issues implicating activities from Europe to South America to China. In addition, some cases include:

• Representation of a hospital in a multi-million False Claims Act settlement;
• Representation of a regulatory director in a criminal FDA prosecution, including an off-label marketing violation;
• Representation of senior officer of an internet company in securities prosecution;
• Representation of physicians in anti-kickback investigations;
• Representation of a multi-national foreign company in an antitrust investigation and class action litigation;
• Representation of manufacturing, healthcare, technology, and financial services companies in internal investigations.

Mr. Feld served as an Assistant Special Counsel to the Select Commission established by the State of Rhode Island to investigate the collapse of its multibillion dollar privately-insured financial institution system. The Select Commission’s investigation lasted more than fourteen months and culminated in four sets of televised hearings. From 1995 to 1996, he served as an Associate Independent Counsel for the investigation of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development under the direction of Hon. Arlin Adams.

Mr. Feld has held senior positions at the U.S. Department of Justice. He served as an Associate Deputy Attorney General responsible for criminal justice policy matters in the U.S. Department of Justice from 1990-1991. In that capacity, he oversaw prosecutions from the U.S. Attorney’s offices nationwide including cases ranging from allegations of financial institution fraud to securities prosecutions to environmental matters. He successfully established the multi-million dollar High Intensity Drug Trafficking interdiction program.

Mr. Feld was an Assistant United States Attorney for the District of New Jersey from 1982 to 1987. During his tenure as a federal prosecutor, he concentrated on complex white-collar criminal matters, including bank and securities prosecutions. He twice received U.S. Department of Justice Special Achievement awards.

Mr. Feld is a member of the Board of Editors of the Business Crimes Report, where he has published several articles on recent legal developments. He has been named an Illinois Super Lawyer in the area of White Collar Criminal Defense from 2009–2012. Mr. Feld is a regular speaker at enforcement seminars, including the prestigious UCLA School of Law Entertainment Symposium on the Challenges and Opportunities of Globalization, where he presented on the FCPA.

Mr. Feld received his undergraduate degree from Reed College in Portland, Oregon, where he was elected to Phi Beta Kappa. He graduated from Boston University School of Law, where he was an editor of the Law Review, and received his master's degree in urban policy from Harvard University. Mr. Feld is a member of the Illinois, District of Columbia and New York bars. He also serves on the Board of Directors of the Lawson House, a nonprofit supportive housing facility.