Ms. Jill Ellen Steinberg

Ballard Spahr LLP

Jill Steinberg is a partner in Ballard Spahr’s Atlanta office in its White Collar and Investigations practice group. Jill has over 15 years of experience handling high-profile white collar and violent crime matters for the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ). Prior to joining Ballard Spahr, she served as a U.S. Attorney and in the senior leadership at DOJ in Washington.

As a prosecutor in state and federal courts, Jill has investigated and prosecuted a wide range of criminal violations, including complex fraud and corruption cases, which have led to the indictment of high-level public officials and city contractors. She also has extensive experience handling matters involving sexual abuse, child exploitation, and human trafficking.

Jill joined Ballard Spahr after serving as U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Georgia. She also previously served as Deputy Criminal Chief and as an Assistant U.S. Attorney in the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Georgia. Jill further served as Associate Deputy Attorney General in the Office of the Deputy Attorney General in Washington, D.C. In that position, she advised senior leadership on policy matters and oversaw DOJ’s enforcement programs relating to criminal sexual exploitation, human trafficking, and criminal wrongdoing against vulnerable populations. She oversaw the work of DOJ components, testified before Congressional committees, and served as DOJ’s representative on interagency policy committee meetings at the White House. During her tenure, she coordinated and published DOJ’s national strategy on child exploitation. She served as lead counsel for the government in the Crime Victims’ Rights Act (CVRA) litigation stemming from the Jeffrey Epstein criminal investigation, arguing successfully before the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals sitting en banc.

Jill started her legal career at the Philadelphia District Attorney’s Office. After leaving the District Attorney’s Office, she worked at an Atlanta law firm, handling complex civil litigation matters, in particular securities litigation and arbitration cases, before joining DOJ.

For many years, Jill served as an instructor for DOJ at its national training center, the National Advocacy Center. She has trained hundreds of new and experienced DOJ trial lawyers and Assistant U.S. Attorneys from across the country on criminal trial advocacy, introductory and advanced evidence, and criminal discovery. Jill is also an adjunct professor at Emory University School of Law.