Before joining the firm, Michelle served for more than 13 years as an assistant U.S. attorney in the Major Case, Financial Crimes, General Crimes, and Violent Crimes sections of the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Chicago. She led and supervised government investigations, prosecutions, trials and appeals involving various criminal offenses. Michelle’s cases ranged from complex financial, tax and healthcare fraud, to embezzlement, identity theft, money laundering, cybercrime, racketeering, violent crime, civil rights violations, extortion, human trafficking and public corruption. Before joining the U.S. Attorney’s Office, Michelle was an associate at Jenner & Block LLP in Chicago. J.D., Washington University School of Law, 2000 M.A., summa cum laude, University of Portland, 1997 B.A., magna cum laude, University of Notre Dame, 1995