Karen P. Hewitt

Karen Hewitt is a former United States Attorney and an experienced trial lawyer who has successfully litigated hundreds of cases in federal court for more than three decades. She is nationally recognized as a leading practitioner conducting internal investigations involving criminal and civil issues. Karen has represented major public and private companies in internal investigations on highly sensitive topics, crisis management, compliance, contested proceedings before regulatory agencies, and "bet-the-company" litigation. In the matters Karen leads, she routinely reports to senior management, the board of directors, the audit committee, or a special committee and develops the comprehensive strategy for the company to protect and defend itself from a range of legal and regulatory risks. Major technology, retail, medical device, and pharmaceutical companies have turned to Karen to lead their most important investigations involving cutting-edge issues.

In her litigation practice, Karen also leads the defense of companies in some of their most important complex business litigation. Karen's litigation practice focuses on possible violations of federal law, including the Anti-Kickback Statute, the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, the Controlled Substances Act, and the False Claims Act.

Karen is Partner-in-Charge of Jones Day's California Region, and she is a co-chair of Jones Day's Task Force on Generative AI.

Before joining Jones Day, Karen served as the United States Attorney for the Southern District of California, where she focused on national security, border security, cyber and intellectual property crime, white collar and financial crime, civil fraud, violent crime, and narcotics enforcement.

Karen is a former president of the National Association of Former U.S. Attorneys and a member of the Board of Visitors of the University of San Diego School of Law.