Jonathan Acevedo is an associate in Quinn Emanuel’s New York office. He joined the firm in 2022. His practice focuses on complex commercial litigation, white collar criminal and regulatory defense, and cross-border disputes. Jonathan has experience representing plaintiffs and defendants through trial, mediation, arbitration, and federal and state appeals. Jonathan also co-authored an amicus brief before the Supreme Court of the United States.
Prior to joining the firm, Jonathan worked at another leading law firm in New York. Jonathan previously clerked for the Honorable Diane P. Wood of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit.
- The University of Chicago Law School
(J.D., with Honors, 2020)- The University of Chicago Law Review:
- Comments Editor and Diversity Committee Co-Chair
- The University of Chicago Law Review:
- The University of Chicago
(B.A. in Law, Letters, and Society, with General and Special Departmental Honors, 2017)- Computer Science and Human Rights minors
- The State Bar of Illinois
- The State Bar of New York
- Spanish
- Law Clerk for the Honorable Diane Wood:
- United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, 2020-2021
- “Officially Unofficial: Who Qualifies as a ‘Foreign Official’ Under the Foreign Extortion Prevention Act?” (New York Law Journal, July 2024)