Jennifer McCoy's practice includes white collar criminal defense, government and internal investigations and labor and employment matters. Jennifer's clients include companies, educational institutions and individuals facing various allegations of fraud, anti-trust violations, anti-kickback violations, false claims act violations and misconduct related to employment, regulatory and compliance matters.
Jennifer has extensive trial experience, having secured acquittals for her clients in both state and federal courts. Most recently, Jennifer secured an acquittal on the antitrust count brought against the Firm's client in the DOJ's first-ever criminal wage-fixing case. Jennifer also has experience conducting internal investigations and representing clients before various state and federal administrative agencies, including the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Food and Drug Administration (FDA), Texas Workforce Commission (TWC), Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), Department of Labor (DOL) and Office of Administrative Law Judges (OALJ).
Jennifer also dedicates time to her pro bono practice, through which she primarily represents indigent individuals accused of state and federal crimes.
Prior to joining the Firm, Jennifer was a student attorney and Chief Counsel for the SMU Dedman School of Law Criminal Justice Clinic, a legal intern to Hon. Sam Lindsay in the Northern District of Texas and a law clerk at the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of Texas. She also interned for the U.S. House of Representatives.
When we think of criminal antitrust enforcement, we often think of monopolies and widespread price-fixing schemes by behemoth-sized companies. However, over the last few years, the U.S. Department of Justice’s Antitrust Division has become incr...