Current Employment Position(s)

Partner

Lawyer Overview

Jean-Paul focuses his practice on commercial and securities litigation as well as white-collar criminal defense. He has defended several class actions and has considerable experience with accounting and securities fraud cases and commercial contract disputes. Jean-Paul frequently represents companies and individuals being investigated by the Department of Justice and the Securities and Exchange Commission and has also successfully defended clients being investigated by the Department of Energy, the Department of Justice's Antitrust Division, the Department of the Treasury, the Environmental Protection Agency, the Federal Emergency Management Association, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, and the U.S. Army Criminal Investigation Division. He has handled a wide variety of white-collar crime cases, including cases involving antitrust violations, bribery of public officials, defense contractor fraud, false claims, insider trading, mail and wire fraud, securities fraud, tax fraud, public corruption, and unlawful campaign contributions.

Prior to joining Jones Day in 2001, Jean-Paul served for four years as an officer in the U.S. Army Judge Advocate General's Corps. While stationed at Fort Campbell, Kentucky with the 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), he tried 50 courts-martial and separation boards, acted as the operational law advisor to the 502nd Infantry Regiment in the field, and reached the rank of captain. Jean-Paul also served as a law clerk to the Honorable Orinda D. Evans of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia for one year after graduating from law school, thus gaining familiarity with federal civil and criminal trial practice early in his career.

Jean-Paul is a member of the Atlanta Bar Association and is admitted to practice before the Georgia and District of Columbia Courts of Appeals, the Supreme Court of Georgia, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit, and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces. He has been named a "rising star" in business litigation and white-collar criminal defense by Georgia Super Lawyers.

Jean-Paul is active in the Atlanta community, where he serves on the Metro Atlanta Chamber of Commerce's Atlanta Public Schools Committee, the Fernbank Museum of Natural History's Corporate Leadership Council, and Washington & Lee University's Atlanta Alumni Association board of directors. He is also the hiring partner for the Atlanta Office.

Areas of Practice

• Trial Practice
• Corporate Criminal Investigations
• Securities and Shareholder Litigation & SEC Enforcement
• SEC Investigations & Proceedings

West Practice Categories

Bankruptcy Litigation, Capital Markets, Class Actions, Commodities, Complex Litigation, Criminal Fraud, Criminal Law, Federal, Federal Appellate Practice, Federal Claims Court, Federal Trial Practice, Felonies, Foreign Investment, Grand Jury Proceedings, International Trade Litigation, Litigation & Appeals, Military & Veterans Appeals, Multidistrict Litigation, Patent Litigation, Private Placements, Public Offerings, Securities Fraud & Insider Trading, Securities Law, Securities Regulation, State Appellate Practice, State Trial Practice, Tax Litigation, US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, US Supreme Court, Victims' Rights, White Collar Crimes

Bar Admissions

• District of Columbia
• Georgia

Education

• U of Georgia

Published Works

• Recovery for Mental Injuries That Are Accompanied by Physical Injuries Under Article 17 of the Warsaw Convention: The Progeny of Eastern Airlines, Inc. v. Floyd, Georgia Journal of International and Comparative Law, 1995

Address

1420 Peachtree Street, N.E.,
Suite 800
Atlanta, GA 30309-3053

Phones

1.404.581.8456 (Business Phone)

Faxes

1.404.581.8330 (Business Fax)

Emails

Contact Us (Business Email)

Websites

http://www.jonesday.com