Jonathan Kravis

With a distinguished career as a federal prosecutor and as a senior government official, Mr. Kravis concentrates his practice on trials, complex litigation and high-stakes white-collar matters. As a prosecutor, Mr. Kravis handled approximately 25 jury trials and led or supervised over 100 federal criminal investigations. His experience spans corruption schemes, fraud, conspiracy, money laundering, the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, the Foreign Agents Registration Act, RICO, constitutional issues and civil and criminal litigation matters.

In October 2023, Mr. Kravis was inducted as a fellow in the American College of Trial Lawyers in recognition of his trial advocacy skills. He is ranked with Chambers USA in White Collar Crime and Government Investigations Litigation.

In November 2023, Mr. Kravis served as co-lead counsel for Google in multidistrict antitrust litigation involving Google’s business practices and business model for its Android operating system and the Google Play Store. Before that, he served as co-lead counsel for Pacific Gas & Electric in two criminal cases arising out of the Kincade and Zogg wildfires in California. Both cases were eventually resolved through civil settlements that included dismissal of all criminal charges against PG&E.

Before joining MTO, Mr. Kravis served as Deputy Chief of the Fraud and Public Corruption Section of the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Columbia. In this role, Mr. Kravis was the lead prosecutor on United States v. Roger Stone in which the defendant was convicted for obstructing a congressional investigation into allegations of Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election.

Prior to joining the Fraud and Public Corruption Section, Mr. Kravis served as a trial attorney in the Public Integrity Section of the Criminal Division of the U.S. Department of Justice, where he prosecuted public corruption offenses around the country. In 2016, Mr. Kravis received the Assistant Attorney General’s Award for Exceptional Performance for serving on a trial team that obtained convictions against a sitting United States congressman and four other defendants for racketeering conspiracy and related charges.

From 2009 to 2010, Mr. Kravis served as Associate White House Counsel and Special Assistant to President Barack Obama. In this capacity, he advised the president and White House senior staff on a variety of legal and constitutional issues. Mr. Kravis handled matters related to the Federal Advisory Committee Act and the Freedom of Information Act, liaised closely with Justice Department lawyers on litigation implicating White House interests and assisted with judicial nominations.

Before Mr. Kravis began working for the federal government, he worked as a civil and criminal litigation associate for a prominent Washington D.C. law firm. He clerked for Justice Stephen Breyer of the U.S. Supreme Court and for Judge Merrick Garland of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit.

Mr. Kravis earned his law degree from Yale Law School in 2004, where he served as articles editor of the Yale Law Journal. He received his undergraduate degree from Williams College, from which he graduated summa cum laude in 1999. Mr. Kravis is a member of the Edward Bennett Williams Inn of Court and a board member of the Historical Society of the District of Columbia Circuit.