Nicole C. Henning

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.