Jeff Rabkin

Jeff Rabkin assists businesses around the world with government and internal investigations, regulatory proceedings, and private disputes. He also advises in-house counsel, corporate executives, and independent directors on issues relating to the intersection of law and technology, including generative AI (artificial intelligence), cybersecurity resilience and response, as well as digital commerce.

Jeff joined Jones Day in 2015 from the Office of the California Attorney General, where he was a member of Kamala D. Harris' leadership team. In that role, he was responsible for oversight of the California DOJ's cybercrime and privacy enforcement units and the development of new technology for law enforcement throughout California. Before joining the California DOJ, Jeff was a vice president at a cybersecurity consulting firm. He also served as an Assistant U.S. Attorney for eight years in New York and San Francisco, where he represented the United States in hundreds of federal criminal matters, led numerous high-profile, sensitive investigations and prosecutions involving corporate fraud, public corruption, and other types of white collar crime. He also was a Deputy City Attorney for San Francisco. Jeff has tried more than 25 cases to verdict in federal and state courts.

Jeff is a founding member of Jones Day's Jewish Cultural Affinity Group. He also co-manages the Firm's DVRO (domestic violence restraining order) Trial Program, which represents on a pro bono basis survivors of domestic violence who seek long-term restraining orders against their abusers.