Jill Schaefer has been an associate with Petroff Amshen LLP since 2018 and is committed to helping families keep their homes. Prior to joining Petroff Amshen LLP, she worked as an attorney for the United States Attorney’s Office, Eastern District of New York where she prosecuted Big Bank fraud emanating from the “Great Recession”. Miss Schaefer played a leading role in the investigation and prosecution of Deutsche Bank, where she helped achieve the highest Financial Institutions Reform, Recovery and Enforcement Act (“FIRREA”) settlement in history. Miss Schaefer helped retrieve approximately $10 billion in relief and penalties from both Deutsche Bank and Barclays Bank.
Education
- Albany Law School. Juris Doctorate 2004
- Note and Comment Editor, Albany Law School Journal of Science and Technology
- The Pennsylvania State University-University Park – Bachelor of Arts
Publication
- Profiling at the Cellular Level: The Future of the New York State DNA Databanks,
- ALB. L. J. OF SCI. & TECH. (Spring 2004).
Admissions
- State of New York
- United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York
- United States District Court for the Southern District of New York
