John Jacob Rieck, Jr. started his legal career as a litigation associate in a large Wall Street law firm. Thereafter he served in the Office of the District Attorney for New York County for almost a decade. His prosecutorial service there included two years investigating and trying narcotics law violations, two years of economic crime investigations and trials as Deputy Chief of the Frauds Bureau, three years of trial and supervisory work involving street crimes as the Deputy Chief of the Trial Division, and three years as the Executive Assistant District Attorney conducting special assignments for the District Attorney, Robert M. Morgenthau. He has over 35 years of investigative and civil and criminal trial experience as both a prosecutor and defense attorney. As an adjunct to his criminal practice, he has represented individuals and corporations at the trial and appellate level in a wide range of civil matters in federal, state, and New York City courts and administrative agencies. He served for two years as a member of the New York City Bar’s Committee on Police Law and Policy.
Practice Areas
- Blue and White Collar Criminal Defense
- Complex Civil Litigation
- Internal Investigations, Corporate Compliance and Monitorships
- Criminal Defense and Appeals
- Investigative Services
Education
Northwestern University School of Law, Chicago, Illinois
- J.D. – 1971
Northwestern University, Medill School of Journalism, Evanston, Illinois
- B.S.J. – 1968
Bar Admission
- New York
- U.S. District Court Southern District of New York
- U.S. District Court Eastern District of New York
Representative Cases
Office of the District Attorney for New York County, Executive Assistant District Attorney, 1982 to 1985
Office of the District Attorney for New York County, Trial Division, Deputy Chief, 1979 to 1982
Office of the District Attorney for New York County, Deputy Chief, Frauds Bureau, 1977 to 1979
Office of the District Attorney for New York County, Special Narcotics Prosecutors’ Office, 1975 to 1977
Donovan Leisure Newton & Irvine, Associate, 1971 to 1975
Past Positions
- Office of the District Attorney for New York County, Executive Assistant District Attorney, 1982 to 1985
- Office of the District Attorney for New York County, Trial Division, Deputy Chief, 1979 to 1982
- Office of the District Attorney for New York County, Deputy Chief, Frauds Bureau, 1977 to 1979
- Office of the District Attorney for New York County, Special Narcotics Prosecutors’ Office, 1975 to 1977
- Donovan Leisure Newton & Irvine, Associate, 1971 to 1975
Professional Associations
- The Association of the Bar of the City of New York, Member, Criminal Law Committee, 1980 to 1982
- The Association of the Bar of the City of New York, Member, Committee in Police Law and Policy, 1982 to 1985
- New York State Bar Association