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Jarrod Schaeffer

Abell Eskew Landau

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Position: Partner
Rating:
  • 40 & Under List
Practice Areas:
White collar crime
Appellate
Biography

Jarrod is an experienced trial and appellate advocate, a tenacious litigator, and a pragmatic advisor to institutions and individuals. His practice includes white collar criminal defense, government investigations and enforcement matters, internal investigations, and complex commercial litigation, with a particular focus on matters involving allegations of bribery and corruption, complex fraud, violations of the False Claims Act, money laundering, and emergent issues including artificial intelligence and cryptocurrency.

Prior to joining the firm, Jarrod served for more than five years as an Assistant U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York (SDNY) where he investigated and prosecuted numerous cases involving a wide array of federal crimes, from corruption and fraud to money laundering and international wildlife trafficking. As a senior member of the Public Corruption Unit, Jarrod handled some of the SDNY’s most sophisticated and sensitive matters, including high-profile investigations and prosecutions of politicians, law enforcement officers, and attorneys. Deeply familiar with how cases are built, litigated, and resolved, Jarrod navigates his clients through high-stakes matters with empathy, integrity, and forceful advocacy.

Before serving as federal prosecutor, Jarrod was an associate at a prestigious international law firm in New York City and Washington, D.C., where he worked on a range of commercial litigation and white collar matters. Jarrod clerked for the Honorable Barbara S. Jones of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York and the Honorable Roslynn R. Mauskopf of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York. He maintains an active pro bono practice, which includes filing briefs in the U.S. Supreme Court in connection with critically important criminal justice issues, and has published several articles concerning constitutional law, federal procedure, and white collar crime.

Recent matter/case highlights
  • Currently representing Linda Sun, a former high-ranking official in the State of New York, who is charged with violating the Foreign Agents Registration Act, bribery, and honest services wire fraud, among other offenses, in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York.

  • Currently representing the Mount Sinai Health System and the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in trade secret litigation pending in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

  • Secured a probationary sentence for a company employee charged with nineteen counts of fraud in the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland in connection with a multi-year, multimillion-dollar fraud scheme.

  • Secured the voluntary dismissal of all claims brought against multiple clients in a multimillion-dollar civil RICO action filed in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York.
Key practice areas
  • Appellate
  • Commercial disputes
  • Government and regulatory
  • White collar crime
Sector expertise
  • Government and public policy
  • Healthcare
  • Technology and telecommunications
Academic qualifications
  • J.D. (cum laude) - Boston University School of Law- 2012
  • B.A. (magna cum laude) - Cornell University - 2009
Association/network memberships
  • Federal Bar Council  
  • Federal Bar Council Inn of Court  
  • New York City Bar Association  
Bar admissions
  • California - 2012
  • New York - 2013
  • New Jersey - 2025
Address:
256 Fifth Avenue, Floor 5
New York, New York, 10001
United States
Tel:+16469707339 Email:Contact this practitioner Website:https://aellaw.com/team/jarrod-schaeffer/