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Jenna Reed

Counsel
Washington, DC

Counsel, Washington, DC

T: +1.202.663.8113
T: +1.202.663.8113

Areas of Focus

Jenna Reed is a seasoned federal litigator focusing on Trust & Safety architecture, online youth safety, AI compliance and high-stakes litigation.

A former DOJ National Coordinator, Jenna joins the firm following a distinguished tenure as a U.S. Marine Corps Officer and Senior Trial Attorney with the U.S. Department of Justice’s Criminal Division. She has extensive experience managing complex federal and cross-border litigation, leading specialized teams in transnational investigations and litigating cases involving human trafficking, cybercrimes, national security and international human rights violations. She helps clients navigate regulatory scrutiny, design defensible policies and investigations, and litigate digital, fraud and cross-border disputes.

Jenna is not admitted in the District of Columbia.

Representative Experience

  • Advised the U.S. Attorney General’s Office on national policy and online safety frameworks, led the implementation of DOJ’s National Strategy to Combat Human Trafficking and assisted in the drafting of the DOJ’s National Strategy for Child Exploitation Prevention and Interdiction.
  • Served as lead counsel in 29 federal trials, including prosecuting and defending high-stakes cybercrime, online exploitation, national security and financial fraud.
  • Led more than 50 transnational digital investigations with major technology platforms, and managed cross-border data disclosures under the Electronic Communications Privacy Act, Mutual Legal Assistance Treaties and international privacy laws.

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  • Served as DOJ’s National Project Safe Childhood and Human Trafficking Coordinator within the Executive Office for United States Attorneys, providing guidance to 93 U.S. Attorneys’ Offices nationwide.
  • Designed national compliance controls, field guides and training modules in partnership with DOJ’s National Advocacy Center on emerging online-safety laws and policies.
  • Partnered with State Attorneys General, NCMEC, major technology companies, international task forces and the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee on online-safety and child exploitation initiatives and policy.
  • Successfully litigated before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit.
  • Advised senior DoD leadership on the implementation of the Office of Special Trial Counsel under the FY22 NDAA and guided consequential institutional change as a DOJ subject-matter expert and envoy.

Professional Highlights

  • DOJ Assistant Attorney General Award for Advancement of Public Safety (2025).
  • Women in Federal Law Enforcement, Top Prosecutor Award recipient (2022).
  • Award of Appreciation for Dedication to Public Safety, Bureau of Alcohol, Tabacco, Firearms and Explosives (2022).

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  • Certificate of Appreciation, Bureau of Alcohol, Tabacco, Firearms and Explosives (2020).
  • Recognized as Defense Counsel of the Year for the U.S. Marine Corps and awarded the Navy and Marine Corps Commendation Medal (2015).
  • Served in national and global committees, roundtables, and task forces to facilitate communication and drive progress in the areas of online safety, child predation patterns, human trafficking and online risk mitigation criteria (e.g., White House Trafficking Initiative, Interparliamentary Taskforce on Human Trafficking Roundtables, DOJ’s National Child Exploitation Seminar Series and Harvard Law School’s Public Service Panels).
  • Developed and delivered more than a dozen national training modules on digital risk mitigation, platform safety and online child safety across 93 jurisdictions.
  • Serves as a Lieutenant Colonel in the U.S. Marine Corps Reserve and senior legal advisor in the Office of Special Trial Counsel.
  • Maintains an active TS-SCI security clearance.
  • Served as a litigation faculty member at The Bronx Defenders’ Academy.

Education

  • J.D., Villanova University, 2010

Admissions

  • Pennsylvania

    New Jersey

Courts

  • U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky

    U.S. District Court for the Northern District of New York

    U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee

    U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida

    U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Florida

    U.S. District Court for the District of New Mexico

    U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas

    U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia

    U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit

    Judicial Externship, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit Office of Mediation

    Judicial Externship, U.S. District Court, EDPA

    Judicial Externship, U.S. District Court, DNJ

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