EXPERIENCE

Jeannie’s representations include:

• Google as a lead trial counsel in the blockbuster case in which the DOJ and 17 states claim Google obtained and abused a digital advertising technology monopoly, in which Jeannie won a major pretrial victory that dismissed the government’s damages claim and struck its jury demand; and
• As trial counsel in an antitrust suit brought by Epic Games alleging anti-competitive coordination with Samsung.
• Amazon in the successful settlement of a DOJ and FTC lawsuit over children’s voice information collected by its voice-activated service Alexa through its mobile app.
• General Electric in litigation and the successful settlement of a billion-dollar trade secrets misappropriation lawsuit against Siemens, a direct competitor in the gas turbine industry.
• Legal tech company CS Disco in a review of the company’s workplace policies and procedures following the resignation of its founder and former CEO.
• The CEO of a prominent technology company in connection with preparing ​for deposition testimony in high-profile litigation regarding key aspects of the company’s business and customer offerings.
• A prominent U.S. trade association in connection with a House Oversight and Reform Committee investigation and CEO-level hearing on climate change.
• A social media company in connection with the Senate Judiciary and Homeland Security committees’ investigations of the security, privacy, and safety of the online platform, including preparation of a C-suite executive for testimony and strategic counseling with respect to numerous adjacent matters such as AG inquiries.
• A global rare disease biotech company in an industry-wide Senate inquiry examining the price of drugs developed by pharmaceutical companies in partnership with government-funded institutions or with the assistance of government-funded grants.
• A multinational technology company in an ongoing $2.5 billion fraudulent inducement and breach of contract lawsuit involving the co-development of cutting-edge semiconductor chip technology.
• A multinational technology company in a Consumer Financial Protection Bureau inquiry into the payment businesses of large technology companies, including regarding the data practices and consumer protections present in the company’s payment products.
• A prominent online company in an internal investigation, including affirmative litigation and criminal referrals, related to violations of conduct on the platform; and in a holistic review of the company’s compliance program, including policies, procedures, systems and personnel regarding areas of key enterprise-wide risk.
• An automotive technology leader in the development of both affirmative and defensive claims in potential litigation associated with the constrained supply of automotive chips.
• A leading telecommunications service provider in the favorable settlement, on the eve of trial, of an expedited material adverse event litigation in the Delaware Chancery Court arising from the client’s termination of a merger agreement.
• Hearthside Food Solutions in an internal investigation of staffing practices following media reporting of undocumented workers supplied by temporary staffing agencies.
• Pfizer in securing the denial of a preliminary injunction and the dismissal, affirmed by the Second Circuit, of a high-profile “reverse discrimination” suit.

Government Experience

Jeannie has extensive experience as a prosecutor. She served as Deputy Assistant Attorney General in the U.S. Department of Justice’s Office of Legal Counsel between 2009 and 2011. Earlier, as an Assistant U.S. Attorney in the District of Columbia between 2000 and 2006, Jeannie handled more than 30 jury and bench trials involving public corruption, healthcare fraud, national security violations and other issues, and was lead counsel in a congressional corruption investigation. Between 2017 to 2019, Jeannie led teams investigating cyber and social media interference in U.S. affairs by foreign actors.

Awards & Recognition

Jeannie has been consistently recognized for her achievements in the law. She has been repeatedly named one of the Top 250 Women in Litigation by Benchmark Litigation (2020-2024); a “South Trailblazer” by The American Lawyer (2022); one of the 500 Leading Litigators in America and one of the 500 Leading Global Cyber Lawyers by Lawdragon (2022-2024); as a leading lawyer by Chambers USA in the Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations (District of Columbia) category (2022-2024); as a finalist for “White Collar Crime Lawyer of the Year” by Euromoney’s Women in Business Law (2024); and on Cybersecurity Docket’s 2024 “Incident Response 50” list of the industry’s top data breach response lawyers.

Jeannie has also devoted herself throughout her career to upholding the principles of the rule of law and transforming the profession through diversity and inclusion efforts. She is a founding member of the Paul, Weiss Center to Combat Hate. She received the National Asian Pacific American Bar Association’s Pro Bono Award in 2021 and was named “Woman Lawyer of the Year” by the Women’s Bar Association of the District of Columbia in 2020.