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Joseph J. Duffy

Loeb & Loeb LLP
Illinois
Business LitigationWhite-Collar Criminal Defense
321 N Clark Street, 23rd Floor, Chicago, IL 60654

Joseph J. Duffy

Loeb & Loeb LLP
Illinois
Business LitigationWhite-Collar Criminal Defense
321 N Clark Street, 23rd Floor, Chicago, IL 60654
(312) 464-3100
jduffy@loeb.com
www.loeb.com
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Bio

Joe Duffy is an accomplished and resourceful trial lawyer who focuses his national practice on white collar criminal defense and complex business litigation. He handles all aspects of federal and state criminal prosecutions through the investigative, prosecutive and appellate stages.

He has extensive experience representing individuals and corporations in internal and government investigations as well as civil and criminal jury trials and appeals. Mr. Duffy has successfully represented clients in cases involving health care, antitrust, defense procurement, securities, environmental, tax and public corruption matters.

Prior to joining private practice, Mr. Duffy spent nearly a decade in the United States Attorney’s Office forthe Northern District of Illinois, including serving as first assistant U.S. attorney. He draws upon his experience as a federal prosecutor working on matters involving complex financial crime and public corruption. Mr. Duffy is also a CPA, and he previously worked as an agent for the IRS.

Widely viewed as one of the nation’s leading white collar criminal attorneys, Mr. Duffy has beenconsistently recognized in leading legal and trade publications and news reports. His work was featuredin the book “Golden: How Rod Blagojevich Talked Himself out of the Governor’s Office and Into Prison,” by Jeff Coen, in which the author detailed Mr. Duffy’s exceptional cross-examination of the government’skey witness in defense of Antoin Rezko, a fundraiser for former Illinois Gov. Blagojevich.

Practice Areas

  • White Collar Criminal Defense and Investigations
  • Securities Litigation and Enforcement
  • Litigation
  • Antitrust

 

Distinctions

  • Consistently named in Chambers USA, America’s Leading Lawyers for Business, in Illinois Litigation: White Collar Crime and Government Investigations
  • Highest “AV Preeminent (5 out of 5)” Professional Rating, Martindale-Hubbell Law Directory
  • Named in The Best Lawyers in America, published by Woodward White, Inc.
  • Recognized as a “Local Litigation Star” among Illinois litigators in General Commercial Litigationand White Collar Crime, Benchmark Litigation
  • Named “Illinois Super Lawyer” in Criminal Defense: White Collar and Business Litigation by Thomson Reuters (2005-2018)
  • Named in Who’s Who Legal: Business Crime Defense and Investigation Lawyers and ForensicExperts, published by Law Business Research

 

Affiliations

  • Fellow,American College of Trial Lawyers
  • Fellow, American Board of Criminal Lawyers
  • Commissioner, Illinois State Police Concealed Carry Licensing Review Board

 

Media Mentions

  • Loeb & Loeb Scores Two White Collar Pros From Stetler Duffy, Law360 (April 3, 2017)
  • Appeals Court Agrees that Man was Entrapped by Feds, Overturns Bribery Conviction, Omaha World Herald (September 10, 2014)
  • Lawyer Puts on Clinic for Colleagues, Chicago Tribune (April 11, 2008)
  • Court Backs Firm In On-The-Job Deaths, Chicago Tribune (March 17, 2004)

 

Education

The John Marshall Law School, J.D. DePaul University, B.A., with honors

Bar Admissions

Illinois

Court Admissions

U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, Trial Bar U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois
U.S. District Court for the Central District of Illinois
U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit

U.S. Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit

U.S. Tax Court

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