Supervisory Special Agent Jennifer L. French graduated from Boston College Law School in 1990 and practiced banking and bankruptcy law in the Boston area for 6 years, primarily for the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation. She joined the Federal Bureau of Investigation as a Special Agent in 1996 and was stationed in the Chicago Division for over 20 years. During those 20+ years, SA French primarily worked on cases involving bank fraud, money laundering, investment fraud, mortgage fraud and intellectual property violations.
From 2016-2018, SA French was assigned to a national security squad that investigated both individual and state-sponsored theft of trade secrets (Economic Espionage) as well as criminal IPR violations. In January of 2018, SA French returned to her white collar roots and once again investigated bank and bankruptcy fraud, mortgage fraud, copyright and trademark infringement and theft of trade secrets. Most recently, in June of 2019, SA French was selected to join the FBI’s National Intellectual Property Rights Coordination Center as a Supervisory Special Agent, which is her current assignment.
In addition to her investigative responsibilities, SA French served as a Firearms Instructor for 15 years and is certified as Adjunct Faculty and a Legal Advisor for the FBI.