Jill Steinberg

Jill served as Deputy Criminal Chief in the United States Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Georgia, helping manage its Criminal Division. Further, Jill served as Associate Deputy Attorney General in the Office of the Deputy Attorney General in Washington, D.C. In that position, she advised senior leadership on policy matters and oversaw the Department’s enforcement programs relating to criminal sexual exploitation and human trafficking. She oversaw the work of Department components, testified before Congressional committees, and served as the Department’s representative on interagency policy committee meetings at the White House. During her tenure, she coordinated and published the DOJ’s national strategy on child exploitation. She recently served as lead counsel for the government in the Crime Victims’ Rights Act (CVRA) litigation stemming from the Jeffrey Epstein criminal investigation, arguing successfully before the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals sitting en banc.

Jill started her legal career at the Philadelphia District Attorney’s Office. After leaving the District Attorney’s Office, she worked at an Atlanta law firm, handling complex civil litigation matters, in particular securities litigation and arbitration cases, before joining the DOJ.

For many years, Jill served as an instructor for the DOJ at its national training center, the National Advocacy Center. She has trained hundreds of new and experienced Department trial lawyers and Assistant United States Attorneys from across the country on criminal trial advocacy, introductory and advanced evidence, and criminal discovery.