Jeannie Rhee is a dynamic litigator and former prosecutor with extensive trial and investigations experience who leads significant civil, white-collar and regulatory matters, oversees sensitive internal investigations, and advises clients on threatening cybersecurity and data-privacy matters. Jeannie serves as managing partner of the Washington, D.C. office, co-chair of the firm’s Investigations Practice Group, co-chair of the Cybersecurity & Data Protection Practice Group and a member of the firm's Management Committee. Clients quoted in Chambers USA call Jeannie “a true professional” who “handles high-profile matters with care and ease.” “Her passion is delivering for her clients, each and every time. Her ability to quickly assess the issues and marshal her network, and her amazing intellect in service of her clients, make her an amazing attorney.”
From May 2017 to 2019, Jeannie worked with Robert Mueller in the Special Counsel’s Office, where she led the team investigating Russian cyber, social media and intelligence efforts to influence the 2016 presidential election. Jeannie's team was responsible for many of the office’s significant accomplishments: the two Russia-related indictments, the prosecution of Trump associate Roger Stone, and the guilty pleas of attorney Michael Cohen and campaign advisor George Papadopoulos. Jeannie also helped secure the guilty plea of former campaign manager Paul Manafort. She served as Deputy Assistant Attorney General in the U.S. Department of Justice’s Office of Legal Counsel between 2009 and 2011 and as an Assistant U.S. Attorney in the District of Columbia between 2000 and 2006. As an AUSA she handled more than 30 jury and bench trials involving public corruption, health care fraud, national security violations and other issues, and served as lead counsel in a congressional corruption investigation.
Jeannie has been recognized as one of the Top 250 Women in Litigation by Benchmark Litigation (2020-2023); as a “South Trailblazer” by The American Lawyer (2022); as one of the 500 Leading Litigators in America by Lawdragon (2022-2024); as one of the 500 Leading Global Cyber Lawyers by Lawdragon (2024); as “Woman Lawyer of the Year” by the Women’s Bar Association of the District of Columbia (2020); as a leading lawyer by Chambers in the Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations (District of Columbia) category (2022-2023); as a finalist for “White Collar Crime Lawyer of the Year” in Euromoney's Women in Business Law Americas Awards (2024); and was named to Cybersecurity Docket's 2024 “Incident Response 50,” an annual list of the best data breach response lawyers in the industry. She received the National Asian Pacific American Bar Association’s Pro Bono Award in 2021.
Jeannie received her J.D. and her B.A. from Yale University.
Updated July 2024
