Jeffrey M. Werthan

Head of the firm’s Banking Practice, Jeffrey M. Werthan has more than 25 years of experience representing clients in the financial services industry. His clients include financial institutions and their holding companies, as well as individuals and entities that wish to purchase or to make investments in financial institutions. Mr. Werthan’s practice encompasses bank regulatory and enforcement issues, capital markets and mergers and acquisitions, including those related to the purchase of healthy and distressed institutions.

Before entering private practice, Mr. Werthan served as senior attorney for the Federal Home Loan Bank Board, which was responsible for supervising the nation’s savings banks. During this time, Mr. Werthan also acted as a special assistant US Attorney with respect to banks in receivership.

Mr. Werthan is a member of the District of Columbia Bar, the New York Bar, and the American Bar Association’s Section on Business Law and its Committee on Banking Law. He has authored numerous articles on developments in banking and regulation.

Mr. Werthan received his BA, cum laude, from Tufts University and his JD from Boston University School of Law. He is listed in Who's Who in America, and has a Martindale-Hubbell® AV® Preeminent™ Peer Review Rating, the highest possible rating.