Nicole Henning is a partner in the Firm's State Attorney General Enforcement and Issues & Appeals practices. She is often called upon to brief and analyze complex and cutting-edge issues facing Jones Day's clients in both state and federal courts. She has helped clients to successfully navigate all manner of difficult litigation, including qui tam litigation, white collar criminal cases, products liability cases, class actions, and tax disputes.
Nicole has represented clients in nationwide, global settlements of qui tam litigation, as well as litigating damages and liability issues under the False Claims Act (FCA) and its state analogs. She has played a key role in internal investigations concerning alleged violations of, among other laws and regulations, the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) and the Anti-Kickback Statute (AKBS). Although Nicole has successfully briefed appeals in numerous state and federal appellate courts and has successfully argued cases in the Illinois Appellate Court and the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth, Seventh, Eighth, Ninth, and Tenth Circuits, her practice is not limited to appeals. She can be counted on to deliver results in the trial court as well, having litigated cases through every stage from initial pleadings to trial to merits briefing before the United States Supreme Court.
Nicole is a director of Bounce Children's Foundation, an organization that helps chronically ill children and their families. She also serves on the National Immigrant Justice Center's Leadership Board. She is a member of the Appellate Lawyers Association and the Seventh Circuit Bar Association.
Experiencia
- August 3, 2017
Supreme Court in Review, CLE Presentation to General Counsels of Illinois Agencies - June 1, 2017
Cross-Border Investigations, JD University - February 23, 2017
U.S. Business Outlook in the New Administration Transition in the Legal Trenches: How Trump Appointees Could Shape the Judiciary and Influence Enforcement Priorities - June 30, 2016
Yale Law School Alumni Association Supreme Court Watchers Panel - June 30, 2016
Chaos in Nexus Land - May 5, 2016
Office of the Governor - General Counsel's Office, CLE panelist, Supreme Court Review: October Term 2015 and Beyond - July 31, 2015
Down to Business: A Tour of Recent Supreme Court Rulings All Young Lawyers Need to Know About, American Bar Association Annual Conference Young Lawyer's Division Panel - October 24, 2012
Issues & Appeals - Supreme Court Review - October 18, 2011
Issues & Appeals – Supreme Court Review - October 6-7, 2010
Issues & Appeals – Supreme Court Review
- Yale University (J.D. 2005; Articles Editor, Yale Law & Policy Review); University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (B.S. in Journalism with highest honors 2002; Bronze Tablet recipient)
- Illinois; U.S. Courts of Appeals for the Sixth, Seventh Eighth, Ninth, Tenth, Eleventh, and Federal Circuits; and U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois (Trial Bar)
- Named an "Illinois Rising Star" (a select group of attorneys under 40 chosen by Illinois Super Lawyers) each year from 2014 to 2019
- Law Clerk to Hon. Joel M. Flaum, United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit (2005-2006)