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JOSEPH J. DUFFY
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Joseph J. Duffy is a founding principal of Stetler & Duffy, Ltd.  Previously, Mr. Duffy was a partner in the Chicago firm of Schiff Hardin & Waite, where he headed the firm’s white collar practice group from 1989 until March, 1998 when he founded Stetler & Duffy, Ltd.  Mr. Duffy is an experienced trial lawyer with 25 years experience in white collar and business litigation.  His practice is primarily concentrated in the defense of white collar matters as well as complex commercial litigation.  He handles all aspects of federal and state criminal prosecutions through the investigative, prosecutive, and appellate stages.  Mr. Duffy has extensive expertise counseling corporations and assisting management in internal investigations and governmental investigations.   

Mr. Duffy served in the United States Attorneys Office for the Northern District of Illinois from 1980-1989.  As Assistant U.S. Attorney, he investigated and prosecuted complex financial crimes and public corruption cases.  He was appointed Deputy Chief of the Criminal Division, Chief of the Criminal Division, and later First Assistant U.S. Attorney with responsibilities for criminal prosecutions in the Northern District of Illinois.  He is the recipient of the Attorney General’s John Marshall Award for Outstanding Legal Achievement.  

Since entering private practice, Mr. Duffy has defended numerous entities and individuals in government investigations as well in civil and criminal jury trials, and appeals.  He successfully represented clients in matters involving health care, anti-trust, defense procurement, foreign corrupt practices, securities, environmental, public corruption, and taxation matters.

Mr. Duffy is listed in The Best Lawyers in America and The Guide to the World’s Leading White Collar Crime Lawyers.  Mr. Duffy is a fellow of the American College of trial lawyers.  He has previously served on the faculty of John Marshall Law School, where he taught Trial Advocacy.  He has also taught at the U.S. Attorney General’s Advocacy Institute and the F.B.I. Academy Quantico, Virginia.  Mr. Duffy received his undergraduate degree in 1973 and his law degree in 1979 from John Marshall Law School.

 

   

 

 

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