December 11, 2025
Willkie partners Koren (Kori) Bell and Jason Linder have been named to Daily Journal’s “Top White-Collar Lawyers 2025,” a series recognizing the most influential and effective white-collar defense attorneys in California.
Daily Journal noted Kori’s record of success as a first-chair trial and appellate attorney and her extensive experience in an array of high-stakes civil and criminal cases, including some of the government’s most closely watched fraud cases in recent years. The profile highlighted her recent representation of the CEO of telehealth platform Done in a criminal prosecution in San Francisco, and her role as lead counsel for the president and co-founder of tech startup Outcome Health in a highly publicized 10-week Chicago federal fraud trial.
The profile also noted how clerking for Judge Stephen Reinhardt at the Ninth Circuit instilled values and skills that have helped Kori become one of the top white-collar attorneys of her generation.
“From Judge Reinhardt, I learned the importance of seeking out creative and overlooked strategies; the need to distill complex issues into a clear, focused presentation; and the prerequisites of exhaustive preparation, credibility, and authenticity in the courtroom,” Kori told Daily Journal.
Jason Linder, Chair of Willkie’s FCPA practice, is a nationally recognized trial lawyer known for defending boards, multinational companies and executives in high-profile white-collar criminal matters involving corporate crises and government and media scrutiny.
Daily Journal recognized Jason as one of the industry’s go-to white-collar defense attorneys for high-profile investigations, noting his recent representation of senior executives in an FCPA investigation into corruption in Qatar, as well as in a securities fraud investigation in the mining industry.
Jason’s 25 years’ experience includes serving as a senior federal prosecutor at the Justice Department, where he specialized in cross-border, white-collar investigations at the cutting edge of the law. The profile highlighted how his enforcement background has enabled him to excel at defending companies and executives in cross-border investigations involving corruption, antitrust, export controls and securities fraud – and help them emerge with a stronger compliance program.
“On this side of the table, I absolutely love getting to navigate companies, boards, and executives through multi-dimensional crises that involve domestic and foreign criminal and regulatory investigations, civil litigation, managing multiple external stakeholders (auditors, government entities, etc.) and helping them come out the other side with a better legal and compliance program,” Linder said.
View the Daily Journal’s Top White-Collar Lawyers 2025 here (subscription required).
Daily Journal noted Kori’s record of success as a first-chair trial and appellate attorney and her extensive experience in an array of high-stakes civil and criminal cases, including some of the government’s most closely watched fraud cases in recent years. The profile highlighted her recent representation of the CEO of telehealth platform Done in a criminal prosecution in San Francisco, and her role as lead counsel for the president and co-founder of tech startup Outcome Health in a highly publicized 10-week Chicago federal fraud trial.
The profile also noted how clerking for Judge Stephen Reinhardt at the Ninth Circuit instilled values and skills that have helped Kori become one of the top white-collar attorneys of her generation.
“From Judge Reinhardt, I learned the importance of seeking out creative and overlooked strategies; the need to distill complex issues into a clear, focused presentation; and the prerequisites of exhaustive preparation, credibility, and authenticity in the courtroom,” Kori told Daily Journal.
Jason Linder, Chair of Willkie’s FCPA practice, is a nationally recognized trial lawyer known for defending boards, multinational companies and executives in high-profile white-collar criminal matters involving corporate crises and government and media scrutiny.
Daily Journal recognized Jason as one of the industry’s go-to white-collar defense attorneys for high-profile investigations, noting his recent representation of senior executives in an FCPA investigation into corruption in Qatar, as well as in a securities fraud investigation in the mining industry.
Jason’s 25 years’ experience includes serving as a senior federal prosecutor at the Justice Department, where he specialized in cross-border, white-collar investigations at the cutting edge of the law. The profile highlighted how his enforcement background has enabled him to excel at defending companies and executives in cross-border investigations involving corruption, antitrust, export controls and securities fraud – and help them emerge with a stronger compliance program.
“On this side of the table, I absolutely love getting to navigate companies, boards, and executives through multi-dimensional crises that involve domestic and foreign criminal and regulatory investigations, civil litigation, managing multiple external stakeholders (auditors, government entities, etc.) and helping them come out the other side with a better legal and compliance program,” Linder said.
View the Daily Journal’s Top White-Collar Lawyers 2025 here (subscription required).
