Practices

• Business & Commercial Litigation
  • White Collar Criminal Defense

Biography

Jon Bont represents corporate and individual clients at all stages of criminal or civil regulatory investigations and prosecutions, including trial and appeal. He has defended cases involving complex securities, wire fraud, political corruption, racketeering, tax, kickbacks, and medical billing issues, as well as cases involving highly personal allegations of misconduct. Some of his notable experience includes:

• Defended the Chief Operating Officer of a publicly traded company against securities and accounting fraud charges.
• Represented the Chief Executive Officer of a hospital in an FBI investigation.
• Represented a large midwestern manufacturing company in a DOT investigation.
• Defended the Chief Executive Officer of a midwestern lender service provider at trial and on appeal.
• Defended a midwestern business in a civil case brought by state Department of Financial Institutions.
• Defended an international student athlete in Title IX disciplinary proceeding involving alleged assault.

Jon was a former Assistant United States Attorney for the Southern District of Indiana where he prosecuted criminal and civil cases from investigation through trial. Now, he is regularly appointed by the District Judges in the Southern District of Indiana to represent indigent defendants facing serious federal criminal charges and civil litigants needing a trial lawyer.