Jeffrey M. Werthan

Jeffrey M. Werthan has more than 25 years of experience representing clients in the financial services industry and is Chair of the firm’s Banking Practice. 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 distressed institutions.

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. He also serves on the firm’s Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP) Task Force.

Before entering private practice, Mr. Werthan served as senior attorney for the Federal Home Loan Bank Board, precursor to the Office of Thrift Supervision. During this time, Mr. Werthan acted as a special assistant U.S. Attorney with respect to certain matters related to the takeover of failing institutions.

Mr. Werthan received his Bachelor of Arts, cum laude, from Tufts University in 1976 and his Juris Doctor degree from Boston University School of Law in 1979. Mr. Werthan is listed in Who's Who in America, and has received the highest peer review rating by Martindale-Hubbell, based on a survey of other lawyers and judges in the community.