Jeffrey Benjamin Isaacs

Jeffrey Isaacs' practice focuses on a broad array of complex civil, and criminal and regulatory matters.  His clients have included government entities, publicly-traded corporations, privately-held businesses, unions, executives, licensed professionals, athletes and entrepreneurs. 

As an Assistant U.S. Attorney in the Los Angeles U.S. Attorney’s Office, Mr. Isaacs prosecuted cases of national and international significance involving financial institution, securities, healthcare, pension, insurance and tax fraud, cybercrime, racketeering, public corruption and money laundering.  In addition to securing many notable convictions, he recovered close to $1 billion in criminal fines and victim restitution, and received commendations from federal, state and local law enforcement agencies for this work.  In the Credit Lyonnais case, he headed a six-year investigation that led to the prosecution of a French state-owned bank, its present and former Chairmen, and other senior bank officials for fraud involving Executive Life Insurance Company, in which he obtained corporate and individual convictions and a record $775 million in criminal settlements. 

During his career as an Assistant U.S. Attorney, Mr. Isaacs served as:

• Deputy Chief of the Major Frauds Section
• Special Attorney to the Attorney General to prosecute corruption in Arizona
• Securities Fraud Coordinator
• Financial Institution Fraud Coordinator
• Pension and Benefit Plan Fraud Coordinator.

Immediately prior to co-founding the firm, Mr. Isaacs served as the Chief Assistant City Attorney for the City of Los Angeles. In that position, he supervised the 300-attorney Criminal Division and built the premier public affirmative litigation unit in the state.  During his six-year tenure, the unit obtained multi-million dollar recoveries for the City in a number of high profile cases involving homeless patient dumping, unlawful health insurance rescissions, hazardous waste disposal, wage theft, false advertising and bank owned foreclosed nuisance properties.