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American University

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5.05/4/2026

Always patient and encouraging to students.

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About Jonathan

Jonathan Rusch serves as Adjunct Professor at American University Washington College of Law and Director of the U.S. and International Anti-Corruption Law Program. A distinguished legal expert in anti-corruption law, he earned a B.A. with honors from Princeton University, an M.A. in government from the University of Virginia, and a J.D. from the University of Virginia Law School. Rusch's career spans over three decades in high-level government and private sector roles focused on fraud prevention, financial enforcement, and corporate compliance. He spent 26 years as a federal prosecutor in the Fraud Section of the U.S. Department of Justice’s Criminal Division, culminating as Deputy Chief for Strategy and Policy. Previously, he was Senior Vice President and Head of Anti-Bribery & Corruption Governance at Wells Fargo & Company, Director of the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Financial Enforcement, Counsel to the President’s Commission on Organized Crime, and an Associate in the Washington, D.C. office of Cleary, Gottlieb, Steen & Hamilton.