About
William Jeffress is a Senior Counsel at Baker Botts with extensive trial experience in complex criminal and civil cases, including fraud, securities, price-fixing, and international transactions. He regularly appears before federal agencies such as the Justice Department and the SEC, and served as Editor in Chief of the Yale Law Journal.
Practice areas
White Collar Criminal DefenseSecurities LitigationGovernment InvestigationsComplex Commercial LitigationInternational TradeProfessional LiabilityAppellate Practice
Office
Expertise
Criminal LawCivil LitigationFraudSecuritiesPrice-FixingGovernment ContractsInternational TransactionsExport ControlsAlien Tort StatuteNewsgatheringPublic CorruptionMoney LaunderingProfessional LiabilityEthics and Professional Responsibility
Education
- LL.B., Yale Law School, 1970
- B.A., Economics, Washington and Lee University, 1967, summa cum laude
- Editor in Chief, Yale Law Journal
Admissions
- District of Columbia Bar
- United States Supreme Court
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second, Third, Fourth, Fifth, Sixth, Ninth and District of Columbia Circuits
- U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas
- U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan
- U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia