Jeffrey Tsai

• Served as first-chair trial counsel for a Southern California department store chain in a civil consumer protection lawsuit brought by the California Attorney General’s Office
• Served as first-chair trial counsel for a renewable energy company prosecuted for criminal economic espionage and conspiracy by the US Attorney's Office and Main Justice
• Represent multiple technology companies across various sectors – among them retail, mobile payments, travel/hospitality, online higher education, and entertainment – in consumer protection investigations and prosecutions by state attorneys general and the Federal Trade Commission
• Lead outside counsel on ethics and compliance issues for the organizing committee for the 2028 Olympic Games in Los Angeles
• As a federal prosecutor, tried a former US senator and presidential candidate on charges of federal campaign finance violations in the Middle District of North Carolina
• As a federal prosecutor, obtained a trial conviction for a quadruple-homicide and hijacking conspiracy in international water. The case became the subject of the book Murder on the High Seas: The True Story of the Joe Cool's Tragic Final Voyage
• As special assistant attorney general, negotiated California's US$210 million settlement of its False Claims Act and Unfair Competition Law litigation against a leading investment rating agency in a global resolution totaling more than US$1 billion
• As a special assistant attorney general, negotiated a landmark agreement in Mexico City between five US state attorneys general and Mexico's federal government on anti-money laundering enforcement and intelligence sharing

Government Service

• Special Assistant Attorney General, Executive Office of California Attorney General Kamala D. Harris
• Assistant US Attorney, Southern District of Florida
• Trial Attorney, Public Integrity Section – Criminal Division, US Justice Department
• Senior Counsel to the Assistant US Attorney General for the Criminal Division, US Justice Department

Chambers USA

• Band 2, Nationwide State Attorneys General (2021-2024) 

The Legal 500 United States

• Next Generation Partner, State Attorneys General (2023-2024)
• Recommended, Corporate Investigations and White-Collar Criminal Defense (2019)

Additional Awards

• Thomson Reuters, "Stand-out Lawyer" (2023)
• University of Texas at Austin Alumni Association - Outstanding Young Texas Ex Award (2014)
• US Department of Justice - Special Achievement Award (2010)
• FBI Director's Recognition Award (2007, 2009)

• "Impeachment – Now What?," American Constitution Society – Bay Area, November 25, 2019
• "California Privacy Law 2019: The Regulator Perspective," Practising Law Institute, September 26, 2019
• "The GDPR, the California Consumer Privacy Act and a Possible Federal Privacy Act," Federal Bar Association, April 25, 2019
• "The Presidency, the Special Counsel, and the Rule of Law," American Constitution Society – Bay Area, March 20, 2019
• "State AG Enforcement Trends," 32nd Annual National Institute on White-Collar Crime, American Bar Association, February 28 – March 2, 2018
• "Navigating the State AG Waters," 31st Annual Corporate Counsel Conference, National Bar Association, February 15 – 17, 2018
• "By Tweet or by Law: Predicting the Government’s Enforcement Priorities in the Age of Trump," National Asian Pacific American Bar Association Annual Convention, November 2 – 4, 2017
• "The Golden Rule: The California Experiment and the Role of State AGs in Fostering American Innovation," Conference of Western Attorneys General Annual Meeting, July 31 – August 2, 2017
• "The Mexico Security Challenge and Its Impact on the United States," Robert S. Strauss Center for International Security and Law, The University of Texas at Austin, October 20, 2016
• "Corruption's New Arena: International Sports in a Post-FIFA World," American Bar Association Annual Meeting, August 4 – 7, 2016
• "State AG Enforcement: What Your Company Needs to Know," 2016 Legal & Regulatory Conference, Personal Care Products Panel, May 4, 2016
• "Understanding the Yates Memo: The Justice Department's Renewed Focus on Individuals in Combatting Corporate Crime," Continuing Legal Education Panel, Bar Association of San Francisco, January 14, 2016
• "The 'Gumbo' of Civil Fraud Enforcement: The False Claims Act, FIRREA, and a New Era in Federal and State Governments’ Enforcement Against Fraud," National Asian Pacific American Bar Association Annual Convention, November 4-8, 2015
• "Brand Protection in the Internet Age: Combatting Cybersecurity Threats to IP," International AntiCounterfeiting Coalition Fall Conference, October 21 – 23, 2015
• "Keynote Address, "The State of Human Trafficking in California and Los Angeles," 2015 Global Human Trafficking Conference, Slavery No More, February 2015
• "Corporate Social Responsibility: Why 'Doing the Right Thing' is Now a Legal Imperative," Conference on Supply Chain Integrity and Corporate Social Responsibility, University of Chicago Law School Corporate Lab, September 2014
• "New Priorities for State and Local Law Enforcement," Conference on Shifting Law Enforcement Goals to Reduce Mass Incarceration, Brennan Center for Justice (New York University School of Law), September 2014
• "Preventing and Addressing Trafficking in Persons in Global Supply Chains," United Nations Forum on Business and Human Rights (Geneva, Switzerland), December 2013

• "Hate Crime: Challenges and Opportunity," The JustPod, March 26, 2021 
• Interview, "Calls For Hate Crime Charges After Atlanta Area Spa Shootings," CNN, March 20, 2021
• "Jeff Bezos Accuses National Enquirer of 'Extortion and Blackmail,'" The New York Times, February 7, 2019
• Interview, "Cuomo Prime Time," CNN, December 17, 2018
• Interview, "Smerconish," CNN, December 15, 2018
• Interview, "MSNBC Live with Katy Tur," MSNBC, December 14, 2018
• "Tabloid Publisher's Deal in Hush-Money Inquiry Adds to Trump’s Danger," The New York Times, December 12, 2018
• "National Enquirer Had Decades of Trump Dirt. He Wanted to Buy It All.," The New York Times, August 30, 2018
• "DLA Piper Hires White Collar Partner From Alston & Bird," Law360, March 27, 2018
• "Antitrust Enforcement by State AGs Continues to Evolve," Law360, March 14, 2018
• "Lenders Wary of State Actions," Asset-Backed Alert, March 16, 2018
• "Federal, State Officials Face Sharp Curves in Regulating Driverless Cars," Legaltech News, May 1, 2017
• "Lateral Report: The Few, the Proud, the March Movers," The AmLaw Litigation Daily, April 3, 2017
• "More Federal Agencies Enforcing Privacy Regulations, Creating a Crowded Field," Daily Journal, March 21, 2017
• "The Red and the Blue: From Climate to Health Care, State AGs Are Drawing Legal Battle Lines," Law.com, October 18, 2016
• "Companies Walk Fine Line with Noncompete Pacts," The Wall Street Journal, March 7, 2016