D.C.People moves
Mayer Brown hires Sheppard Mullin's Joseph Jay as white collar co-chair
Mayer Brown hired A. Joseph Jay III, who co-led Sheppard Mullin's governmental practice, as co-chair of its global investigations and white collar defense practice, Bloomberg Law reported October 13, 2026. Jay said he moved to work again with practice chair Ken Wainstein, a former homeland security adviser to President George W. Bush; Bloomberg Law reported the pair wrote the University of North Carolina academic fraud report.
Announcement (Bloomberg Law) → · Mayer Brown
Key points
- Jay joins as co-chair of the Global Investigations & White Collar Defense practice, based in the Washington and New York offices.Mayer Brown
- He was a partner co-leading Sheppard Mullin's governmental practice before the move.Bloomberg Law
- Jay told Bloomberg Law he switched firms to get back to working with Wainstein, who leads the practice.Bloomberg Law
- He advises companies, boards, audit committees and executives on government and internal investigations, enforcement and congressional inquiries.Mayer Brown
- Mayer Brown said the hire builds on the recent addition of partner BJ Stieglitz to the practice.Mayer Brown