Joanna C. Hendon is an attorney with

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in New York who specializes in white collar

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, securities enforcement, and complex

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Early life

Hendon received her BA from the

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in 1987 and her JD from

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in 1991.

Career

Hendon is a former

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in the

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. In 2000, she received the

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's John Marshall Award, the highest award given by the

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for excellence at trial. In 2011, she received media coverage for her appeals to the jury to send her client, Winifred Jiau, who was accused of revealing insider information, "home to her dog". She was described as playing "the dog card". From 2012 to 2014, she represented a former

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employee accused of leaking confidential information to securities analysts, relating to the United States government's prosecution in ''United States v. Newman, et al.'', 773 F.3d 438 (2d Cir. Dec. 10, 2014), ''cert. denied'', 136 S. Ct. 242 (2015). She is a former adjunct professor of law at

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. In April 2018 she was retained to represent United States President

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. She was scheduled to speak at a Yale colloquium honoring

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on April 19.

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"Attorney Spotlight: Q&A with Joanna Hendon"
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