Joe Thompson is a former federal prosecutor and Acting United States Attorney for the District of Minnesota. During his 17-year career at the U.S. Department of Justice, Thompson prosecuted nationally prominent cases, including the Feeding Our Future fraud case.

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He helps clients navigate complex issues at the intersection of investigations, litigation, regulation, and public perception.

 

During his tenure at the Department of Justice, Thompson served as an Assistant United States Attorney in both the District of Minnesota and Northern District of Illinois. He held senior leadership roles including Acting United States Attorney, First Assistant U.S. Attorney, and Chief of the Fraud and Public Corruption Section. He is an experienced trial lawyer who has tried more than 20 federal jury trials to verdict and briefed and argued more than 15 appeals before the Seventh and Eighth Circuit Courts of Appeals.

 

As Acting U.S. Attorney, Thompson supervised an office of more than 100 attorneys and professional staff and oversaw high-consequence investigations and prosecutions, including matters involving public corruption, large-scale fraud, violent crime, and national security. His experience includes leading the prosecution arising from the assassination of Minnesota State Representative Melissa Hortman and her husband and overseeing the federal investigation into the Annunciation Catholic School shooting.

 

Thompson served as lead prosecutor in the 78-defendant Feeding Our Future matter, recognized by the Department of Justice as the largest COVID-19 fraud prosecution in the United States. He led two extended jury trials in that case and led the investigation and prosecution of 5 individuals who paid a $120,000 cash bribe to a trial juror at the end of the first Feeding Our Future trial.

 

In 2023, Thompson served on the Special Counsel team investigating the unauthorized removal and retention of classified documents discovered at the Penn Biden Center and at President Joe Biden’s private residence in Delaware.

 

Thompson’s work has received sustained national and international media attention, including coverage in The New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, Financial Times, CNN, BBC News, Fox News, and National Public Radio.

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Clerkships:

The Honorable Rebecca R. Pallmeyer,

Northern District of Illinois

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Supreme Court of the Republic of Palau

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Education:

Stanford Law School

J.D., with distinction, 2004

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Gustavus Adolphus College

B.A., magna cum laude, 2001

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Bar Admissions:

Minnesota

Illinois

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Harry Jacobs is a formal federal prosecutor, having served for over seven years at the U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Minnesota. In that time, he played key roles in many of the most significant prosecutions in the District of Minnesota.

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Harry is a seasoned trial lawyer with extensive experience leading complicated investigations and trials, advising on high-stakes criminal, regulatory, and civil

issues, and managing complex matters involving significant legal, financial, and reputational exposure. His practice focuses on white collar criminal defense, internal investigations, and complex civil litigation.

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Harry served in various roles at the U.S Attorney's Office for the District of Minnesota, including most recently as the Chief of the Criminal Division. In that role, he managed more than 40 criminal prosecutors and support staff, supervised hundreds of ongoing grand jury investigations and prosecutions, and set strategic priorities for high-impact criminal matters across fraud, violet crime, narcotics,

and national security.

 

At various points, Harry also served as the Digital Asset Coordinator (subject matter expert and lead in investigating and prosecuting criminal activity related to digital assets and cryptocurrency) and Health Care Fraud Coordinator.

 

He has prosecuted a wide variety of cases, including fraud, public corruption, violent crime. He charged one of the largest elder fraud cases in the country involving a $250 million telemarketing scheme and 64 defendants and successfully a led month-long trial against multiple defendants resulting in convictions. For his work on this case, Harry received the Attorney General’s Award for Distinguished Service.

 

Harry was a lead prosecutor on one of the largest federal fraud prosecutions in recent history, the Feeding Our Future case, where he charged 78 defendants and uncovered hundreds of millions of dollars in COVID-19 era fraudulent activity.

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Harry started his career in the litigation department of Paul Weiss in New York, where he spent five years representing financial institutions and publicly trade companies in securities lawsuits, internal investigations, and other bet-the-company litigation.

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Clerkship:
The Honorable Joan M. Azrack, Eastern District of New York

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Education:

Columbia Law School

J.D., Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar, 2013

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Colgate University

B.A., Cum Laude, 2009

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Bar Admissions:

New York

**Not yet admitted in Minnesota. While Minnesota bar application is pending, practicing under the supervision of a Minnesota Bar Member.