P.G. Sittenfeld: From Princeton to Politics to Prison to Supreme Court Petitioner
By Jeff Grant
We are thrilled to host P.G. Sittenfeld as our June 2026 White Collar Support Group Tuesday Night Speaker Series presenter.
The presentation, which is open to justice-impacted people, family, friends, professionals, clients, colleagues, and anyone interested, will take place via Zoom on June 2, 2026 at 7 PM ET (4 PM PT).
P.G. Sittenfeld's journey took him from Princeton to politics to prison to Supreme Court petitioner. Today, he is a writer whose recent work has appeared in The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Free Press, Esquire, and America Magazine. He regularly gives talks at top U.S. law schools as well as at law firms, prisons, business clubs, and trade associations.
Sittenfeld is a graduate of Princeton University and Oxford University in England, where he was a Marshall Scholar. He served for a decade on Cincinnati's City Council and was expected to become the city's next mayor, when he was prosecuted on public corruption charges in 2020, stemming from an FBI sting operation later likened in court to a "prosecutorial Truman Show."
The law firm Jones Day took on Sittenfeld's case pro bono, calling it "the most extreme prosecution based on lawful campaign donations in U.S. history," and amici weighing in with the court in support of Sittenfeld's innocence have included top White House, DOJ, and Judicial officials spanning the past four decades.
For 4.5 months in 2024, Sittenfeld was Federal Inmate 18085-509 at FCI Ashland in Kentucky, before an appeals court took the very rare step of ordering his early release pending appeal. In 2025, Sittenfeld received a full and unconditional Presidential pardon, after which he became the first person to ever petition the U.S. Supreme Court after receiving a pardon, where his appeal remains pending.
Sittenfeld lives in Cincinnati with his wife, Sarah, an oncologist, and their three young sons. He is a member of the White Collar Support Group.
Learn more about P.G. Sittenfeld at pgsittenfeld.com and on LinkedIn.
This event is open to all and will take place via Zoom.
