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Jennifer Beidel

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Dykema
Partnerships & Special
Projects Committee Member
Thought Leadership
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Dykema
Bloomfield Hills, MI
Phone 1: 248-203-0506

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Bio

​As befits someone who grew up on a livestock farm, Jennifer Beidel serves as a clear-eyed shepherd and steadfast guardian for her clients. As befits a former federal prosecutor, she is also a highly effective advocate who uses the insights, investigative experience, and courtroom acumen she gained in that role to guide and protect organizations and individuals in internal investigations, corporate compliance matters, and white-collar criminal defense cases.

Persuasive and personable, a steady hand, and a strategic thinker, Jennifer is an invaluable ally for those anticipating or facing governmental and regulatory scrutiny. While she eschews a one-size-fits-all approach to her work, Jennifer's goal is always the same: avoiding or minimizing risk, disruption, and costs. In civil and criminal matters involving a broad range of regulatory regimes, she protects the interests of a diverse cross-section of clients in heavily regulated industries, including healthcare, life sciences, food and agriculture, cannabis, and financial services.

Leveraging her extensive investigative background and ease of interacting with individuals at all levels of an organization, Jennifer conducts thorough internal investigations that can expose and neutralize red flags before they draw the government's attention. Her objective is to understand what happened and why, identify and remediate vulnerabilities, and produce actionable results that can minimize the chances of similar problems in the future.

Similarly, Jennifer's compliance consulting helps her clients understand their regulatory obligations and how they intersect with their business and operational realities. She develops workable, tailored programs, policies, and protocols to keep her clients on the right side of the compliance fence. 

When investigators or prosecutors come calling, Jennifer brings her extensive public and private sector trial experience to bear, combining forceful advocacy and a practical, problem-solving approach. While never hesitant to go toe-to-toe with the government, she also recognizes that the best results often come well before a matter reaches the courthouse steps. Her litigation experience includes federal and state jury trials, sentencings, plea and bail hearings, FINRA arbitrations, mediations, and multiple appellate arguments before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit.

During her years as an assistant U.S. attorney in the Southern District of New York, Jennifer was a member of the Complex Frauds and Cybercrime Unit. She led investigations and prosecutions in various areas, including tax fraud, healthcare fraud, cybercrime, bank and wire fraud, securities fraud, consumer fraud, bribery, and money laundering. Jennifer also worked closely with numerous government agencies, including the FBI, SEC, IRS, DEA, Department of Homeland Security, Department of Labor, Secret Service, Postal Inspection Service, and New York State Department of Financial Services. As many of her investigations were international in scope, Jennifer also worked closely with the governments of various foreign partners, including the United Kingdom, Germany, Belgium, Denmark, and the Dominican Republic.

Jennifer writes and speaks frequently on agriculture and white-collar criminal defense topics. She is also passionate about paying things forward, mentoring and supporting young women and people of color in the legal profession.

Practice Areas

  • Complex Commercial Litigation
  • Compliance Counseling
  • Corporate Crime
  • Cybercrime
  • Financial Services
  • Government Investigations
  • Healthcare
  • Internal Investigations
  • OSHA Defense
  • Qui Tam; Whistleblower Defense
  • SEC Enforcement
  • State Attorney Generals
  • White Collar Crime