Rebecca Lonergan, University of Southern California
Associate Professor
Law
Los Angeles, California
rlonergan@law.usc.edu
Office:
(213) 740-5599
Expert In
Attorney ethics
Corporate fraud
Counter-terrorism prosecutions
Education loan fraud
Extraditions law
Foreign intelligence and international crimes,
Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act
Fraud against government agencies
Homeland security and espionage laws
Legal writing
Medical marijuana
Narcotics offenses
National security law
Organized crime
Police corruption
Racketeering
Real estate fraud
Search warrants
Surveillance
WikiLeaks
Wiretaps
Bio/Research
Lonergan is an experienced trial attorney, with expertise in public corruption, corporate fraud, government fraud, health care fraud, real estate fraud, and offenses involving national security. As a federal prosecutor, she tried numerous complex cases involving corrupt federal agents, classified...
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Bio/Research
Lonergan is an experienced trial attorney, with expertise in public corruption, corporate fraud, government fraud, health care fraud, real estate fraud, and offenses involving national security. As a federal prosecutor, she tried numerous complex cases involving corrupt federal agents, classified information, and espionage. Her work allowed her to develop extensive knowledge of the organization and policies of federal, state and local law enforcement agencies, including the U.S. Department of Justice, the USAO, the FBI, the DEA, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, the Los Angeles Police Department and others.
A graduate of the University of California, Santa Barbara, with highest honors, Lonergan received her J.D. from the University of California, Berkeley, Boalt Hall School of Law in 1987. She worked briefly as a deputy district attorney in Los Angeles and then as a trial attorney for the U.S. Department of Justice, Environmental Crimes Section, before going to work at the Los Angeles USAO in 1991. During her 16 years at the USAO for the Central District of California, she was the deputy chief of the Public Corruption and Government Fraud Section, and later, the deputy chief of the Public Corruption and Civil Rights Section. She worked as a pro tem judge for the Los Angeles Superior Court from 2001-04.
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A graduate of the University of California, Santa Barbara, with highest honors, Lonergan received her J.D. from the University of California, Berkeley, Boalt Hall School of Law in 1987. She worked briefly as a deputy district attorney in Los Angeles and then as a trial attorney for the U.S. Department of Justice, Environmental Crimes Section, before going to work at the Los Angeles USAO in 1991. During her 16 years at the USAO for the Central District of California, she was the deputy chief of the Public Corruption and Government Fraud Section, and later, the deputy chief of the Public Corruption and Civil Rights Section. She worked as a pro tem judge for the Los Angeles Superior Court from 2001-04.
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