Jill E. Steinberg

Jill E. Steinberg served as a prosecutor for more than 15 years in federal and state courts in Georgia and Pennsylvania, investigating and prosecuting a wide range of criminal violations, including violent crime, complex fraud, and corruption cases. She also has extensive experience handling matters involving child exploitation and human trafficking.

Ms. Steinberg served as an Assistant United States Attorney and Deputy Criminal Chief in the United States Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Georgia, helping manage its Criminal Division. She further 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.

During her tenure, she coordinated and published the Department of Justice national strategy for child exploitation prevention and interdiction. She worked for the United States Attorney’s Office in Atlanta and the Department of Justice in Washington, D.C. from August 2008 through September 2021. Most recently, she was a partner in the White Collar and Investigations practice of Ballard Spahr, LLP, a large national law firm.

Ms. Steinberg started her legal career at the Philadelphia District Attorney’s Office in September 1998. After leaving the District Attorney’s Office in August 2001, she worked at the law firm Rogers & Hardin LLP in Atlanta, Georgia, handling complex civil litigation and arbitration matters, before joining the United States Attorney’s Office in Atlanta. Ms. Steinberg received her J.D. from Duke Law School in 1998 and her B.A., summa cum laude, from the University of Georgia in 1995.