Jerrob Duffy represents clients facing scrutiny from federal and state law enforcement authorities and regulators, advises clients on compliance, internal controls and risk assessment, and handles complex civil litigation.
Jerrob has expertise in matters involving the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA), securities and commodities enforcement, financial industry regulatory enforcement, accounting fraud, money laundering, sanctions violations, healthcare fraud and the False Claims Act. Jerrob is also a seasoned litigator, having served as lead trial counsel in numerous complex trials across multiple federal districts and in state and administrative proceedings. He brings this experience to bear in counseling clients facing existential threats to their business and seeking effective ways to adapt to heightened regulatory and litigation risk.
As the former Chief of the Litigation Unit of the US Department of Justice, Criminal Division, Fraud Section, and as an Assistant US Attorney in the Southern District of Florida, Jerrob prosecuted cases involving securities and commodities violations, foreign bribery and corruption, fraud involving financial services firms, money laundering and cryptocurrency-related violations and numerous other federal offenses. As a federal prosecutor, he served as lead or co-lead trial counsel for 18 federal jury trials involving white collar, corporate, securities and commodities fraud, bank fraud, tax, criminal civil rights, public corruption and other offenses. Jerrob worked closely with regulators at the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network Bureau of the US Department of the Treasury (FinCEN), federal housing finance and financial institution regulators, and other agencies. Jerrob has also evaluated compliance programs of public and private companies, including remediation efforts addressing alleged misconduct, and helped select and supervise monitors when required in connection with corporate resolutions.
Before joining the Department of Justice, Jerrob worked as an associate at a law firm in New York and as a law clerk to US District Judge Joan A. Lenard in the Southern District of Florida.
Private Practice and Government Experience
FCPA and Bank Sanctions
Securities and Commodities
Financial Services and Commercial Lending Regulation
Department of Justice and Other Criminal Authorities
False Claims Act, Qui Tam and Civil Litigation