| Practice Emphasis Jeff Ansley's practice focuses on the defense of individuals and companies involved in federal white collar investigations and charged proceedings, emphasizing fraud and public corruption cases by the Department of Justice and FBI and enforcement proceedings by the Securities and Exchange Commission, state securities regulators and other enforcement agencies. A former federal criminal prosecutor and enforcement attorney, Jeff has an insider’s knowledge of the tactics and resources used by federal prosecutors and investigators against his clients. His practice concentrates on the defense of clients involved in federal criminal and enforcement proceedings and both parallel and separate white collar investigations. Jeff frequently defends clients in criminal matters involving allegations of securities fraud, public corruption and bribery, bank fraud and other alleged complex crimes. Jeff also handles federal and state administrative actions instituted by securities and banking regulators, including acting as counsel for corporations, broker-dealers, investment advisors, and officers and directors of regulated entities. As part of his securities defense practice, he frequently appears before the United States Securities and Exchange Commission, the Texas State Securities Board and similar state regulatory bodies, and the United States Department of Justice. He also conducts internal investigations on behalf of corporate clients. Jeff has served as lead counsel in numerous jury and non-jury trials and grand jury proceedings. He has been named a Super Lawyer by the Texas Lawyer. Before entering private practice, Jeff served as an Assistant U.S. Attorney in the Major Fraud and Public Corruption Section of the United States Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Texas. As a federal prosecutor, Jeff successfully tried and prosecuted multiple complex securities fraud cases and other complex crimes. He also led the Securities Fraud Task Force for the Northern District, coordinating the actions of a multi-agency criminal and regulatory task force. Jeff was appointed as a Special Assistant U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Oklahoma. Jeff’s substantial securities background includes having served as an enforcement attorney with the Fort Worth Regional Office of the Securities and Exchange Commission. While with the SEC, Jeff investigated a wide variety of suspected federal securities laws violations, including matters involving possible financial and accounting fraud, offering frauds, insider trading, registration violations and regulatory compliance matters. Memberships - State Bar of Texas
- Federal Bar Association
- American Bar Association, White Collar Section
- Dallas Bar Association, Criminal Law and Securities Law Sections
Publications and Speeches
Co-author, “Where Did My Privilege Go?”, Criminal Law Bulletin, Vol. 47, Issue No. 2 (West Services, Inc.), February 2011. Author, “Action Items in the Wake of Dodd-Frank,” Texas Lawyer, White-Collar Crime and Forensic Accounting Practice Focus Issue, November 2010. Co-author, “Bribery of Foreign Officials: Commercial Bribery and the New International Norms,” Bloomberg Law Quarterly, Vol. 1, No. 1, Winter 2010 (also published in Bloomberg Law Reports, Vol. 1, No. 4, October 2009). Co-author, “Conflicts Between U.S. and U.K. Corporate Privilege Laws,” American Bar Association, Criminal Litigation, Vol. 10, No. 1, Fall 2009. Co-author, “The Travel Act: The Criminalization of Private Bribery Overseas,” California Law Magazine. Co-author, “The Travel Act and Overseas Commercial Bribery,” Bloomberg White Collar Crime Reporter. Author, “Investigations Give Rise to Indictments,” Executive Counsel, November 2008. Speaker, “What In-House Counsel Needs to Know About White Collar Issues,” State Bar of Texas 9th Annual Advanced In-House Counsel Course, June 2010. Speaker, “Preventing White Collar Prosecutions,” International Association of Defense Counsel, 2009 Annual Meeting. Speaker, “White Collar Prosecutions: What to Do When the Government Comes Calling,” Human Resources Roundtable, June 2009. Speaker, “Corporate Compliance in the Government Age: When Compliance Leads to Law Enforcement,” Texas General Counsel Forum, September 2008. Speaker, “Saving the Attorney-Client Privilege: Cooperating Without Caving In,” South Texas Law School Forum on White Collar Crime, July 2008. Speaker, “Your Company’s Exposure Abroad: The Foreign Corrupt Trade Practices Act,” Organization for Women in International Trade, June 2008.
Education - J.D., Southern Methodist University Dedman School of Law, 1994
- B.A., cum laude, Texas A&M University, 1991
Admissions - U.S. District Courts for the Northern, Southern, Eastern and Western Districts of Texas
- U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Oklahoma
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit
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