As Associate General Counsel, Michele Slachetka serves as a lawyer for Jenner & Block, counseling firm management and lawyers on ethics compliance, risk management, claims litigation, and other issues. She regularly advises the firm on conflicts of interest resolution, firm policies and procedures, client and firm contracts, and engagement intake issues.

As a litigator, Michele previously served Fortune 500 clients in the aviation, transportation, telecommunications, financial, and defense industries, working on a variety of bet-the-company matters as well as government and internal investigations. In that role, she assisted clients in developing strategies for responding to government requests and inquiries and litigation, frequently working on large-scale, sensitive litigation and investigations where organization and attention to detail are critical.

In her civil practice, Michele acted as a day-to-day advisor to clients on the nuts and bolts of litigation and a strategic advisor on substantive issues. She worked on teams that represented companies in connection with US Department of Justice high-profile corruption investigations, False Claims Act investigations and litigation, and chapter 11 bankruptcy proceedings. Michele also is the co-author of a two-volume, ten-chapter treatise on various legal privileges, including the attorney-client privilege and the work product doctrine. She maintains a robust pro bono practice.