Jacob Steiner is a senior associate at Hecker Fink LLP.
Jacob represents companies, universities, current and former public officials, and individuals facing government investigations, including from the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) and Congress. He also advises foundations and nonprofit organizations, including many focused on LGBTQ+ rights, on risk management issues, responding to government inquiries, and crisis response strategies.
Jacob is a former federal prosecutor, having joined the firm from DOJ’s Public Integrity Section, where he investigated and prosecuted public corruption crimes nationwide, including bribery, fraud, obstruction, and violations of the Federal Election Campaign Act. While at DOJ, Jacob was counsel in a federal criminal jury trial and helped lead the investigation into former U.S. Representative George Santos. He also served as a Special Assistant United States Attorney and detailee at the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Columbia. During his time at DOJ, Jacob received three Assistant Attorney General awards and the Federal Law Enforcement Foundation’s Prosecutor of the Year award.
Following law school, Jacob clerked for the Honorable Judith W. Rogers of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit and for the Honorable Haywood S. Gilliam, Jr., of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California. Prior to law school, Jacob was a paralegal in the Appeals Bureau of the New York County District Attorney’s Office.
Jacob earned his J.D., magna cum laude, from Harvard Law School, where he was awarded the Sears Prize, served on the Board of Student Advisers, and worked as a research assistant. He received his undergraduate degree, with distinction and Phi Beta Kappa, from the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Select Publications
- Co-author, “Securities and Corporate Misconduct: Prediction Markets, Rule 10b5-1 Insider Trading, and Corporate Self-Disclosure,” The Global Legal Post (2026)