Jessie Kong Liu (born January 2, 1973) is an American lawyer and former federal prosecutor specializing in national security, white-collar crime, and international sanctions.[2][1] She began her career as an associate at Jenner & Block from 1999 to 2002, later becoming a partner there from 2009 to 2016, and then at Morrison & Foerster from 2016 to 2017.[2] Liu served as an assistant U.S. attorney in the District of Columbia from 2002 to 2006 and held several roles at the U.S. Department of Justice during the George W. Bush administration from 2006 to 2009, including deputy chief of staff in the National Security Division, counsel to the deputy attorney general, and deputy assistant attorney general in the Civil Rights Division.[2][1] She worked on Donald Trump's 2016 transition team before becoming deputy general counsel at the U.S. Department of the Treasury in 2017, advising on sanctions, anti-money laundering, and foreign investment reviews.[1][3] In June 2017, President Trump nominated Liu as U.S. attorney for the District of Columbia, a role she held from 2017 to 2020 after Senate confirmation by voice vote. Leading the nation's largest U.S. attorney's office, she oversaw high-profile cases on corruption, fraud, and national security, securing multimillion-dollar settlements with international banks for sanctions violations, an aerospace company for nearly $4 billion under the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, and entities like Lance Armstrong under the False Claims Act. She established a Threat Finance Unit targeting illicit finance linked to crime and terrorism and chaired the Attorney General’s Advisory Committee from 2019 to 2020.[1] Liu has earned accolades including *The American Lawyer*'s top 25 lateral hire of 2020, *National Law Journal*'s White Collar Trailblazer, *Global Investigations Review*'s Top 100 Women in Investigations, and *Chambers USA* recognition.[1][2] In 2020, she joined Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom as a partner in government investigations and litigation.[2]