Jean Veta is described by Chambers USA as "one of the premier banking and financial regulatory enforcement litigators in the country.” She defends financial institutions and their officers and directors in civil and regulatory enforcement matters, government investigations, internal corporate investigations, and congressional investigations.
Jean regularly represents clients on the full range of regulatory enforcement issues, including:
- advising on safety and soundness issues, UDAAP and other consumer compliance issues, fair lending, anti-money laundering, securities issues, and FIRREA and False Claims Act investigations.
- appearing before the federal bank regulators, the CFPB, FinCEN, the Department of Justice, the SEC, and state attorneys general and bank regulators
Jean’s pro bono work includes:
- Filing amicus briefs on behalf of over 20 professional medical associations in opposition to state laws that would ban gender affirming medical care for transgender adolescents. Amici include the American Academy of Pediatrics, the American Medical Association, and the American Psychiatric Association.
- Filing an amicus brief in support of transgender students’ rights. Amici include the National Association of Social Workers, the American Academy of Pediatrics, and the American Medical Association.
- Representing civil rights organizations, an interfaith group of clergy, and four same-sex couples in support of Washington DC’s marriage equality.
- Representing pro-choice organizations in Congressional investigations into fetal tissue research and late-term abortion.
Jean is ranked in Chambers USA's Band 1 for Banking Enforcement and Investigations. She was named by The American Lawyer as Litigator of the Week and by Best Lawyers in America as "Washington's Lawyer of the Year for Banking and Finance Litigation" and "Washington's Lawyer of the Year for Financial Services Regulatory Law."
In 2020, Jean was appointed to a three-year term on the American Bar Association's Standing Committee on the Federal Judiciary, which provides an impartial evaluation of the professional qualifications of all federal judicial nominees. As the Standing Committee’s representative for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, Jean served as a principal evaluator of Supreme Court nominee, Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson’s professional qualifications to serve on the Court. Jean testified before the Senate Judiciary Committee regarding Justice Jackson’s integrity, professional competence, and judicial temperament. On April 7, 2022 Justice Jackson was confirmed by the Senate to replace Justice Stephen Breyer.
Jean also serves as the DC Bar’s Delegate to the ABA House of Delegates.
During President Clinton’s administration, Jean served as:
- Deputy Associate Attorney General, United States Department of Justice (2000-2001)
- Deputy General Counsel, United States Department of Education (1998-2000)
As described in Chambers USA, one client said “She's at the top of her game and top of the industry. She has a keen intellect, and a commanding knowledge of the law, excellent judgment and a passion for zealous representation of her client. You can do no better than to have Jean on your side. She's the leader in her field."
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