Jeremy D. Dresner, P.C.
Overview
He is an exceptional attorney who provides invaluable assistance… always providing thorough and thoughtful advice. - Chambers USA, 2024
Jeremy Dresner is a government, regulatory & internal investigations partner in the Washington, D.C., office of Kirkland & Ellis LLP. Jeremy’s practice focuses on government and internal investigations, regulatory counseling and crisis management assistance. He regularly counsels market-leading companies, financial institutions and senior executives facing high-stakes reputational matters, frequently in connection with enforcement proceedings, congressional investigations and actions with significant collateral consequences.
Jeremy is a trusted counselor to some of the world’s highest-profile companies, particularly as they face scrutiny from regulators, law enforcement and Congress. He provides investigations-related guidance, regulatory advice and strategic counseling to a broad range of companies and senior executives confronting criminal, civil and congressional matters. He regularly advises companies facing public affairs challenges at the intersection of law and policy and prepares CEOs and other senior executives to testify before Congress.
Many of Jeremy’s clients are among the world’s leading financial institutions.
He is experienced in leading complex internal investigations and teams of lawyers in responding to enforcement inquiries by the Department of Justice (DOJ), Inspector General’s offices and other government regulators.
Jeremy has conducted numerous internal investigations, both in the U.S. and abroad, relating to many prominent topics, including anti–money laundering (AML) and Bank Secrecy Act (BSA) enforcement, consumer financial protection, offshore tax evasion, insider fraud, whistleblower complaints and public corruption.
He has represented clients before the DOJ, Congress, State AGs, the Federal Reserve, the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), FINRA, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and Inspector General's offices, among others.
Jeremy also has served as a Senior Lecturing Fellow at Duke Law School, teaching a course on congressional investigations in the private sector.
Experience
Representative Matters
- Counsel for major financial institutions in connection with an annual hearing before the Senate Banking Committee.
- Counsel to global financial institutions in connection with criminal, civil and international congressional investigations relating to offshore tax evasion.
- Counsel for a large social media company in connection with congressional inquiries and hearings into competition in the digital marketplace and antitrust concerns.
- Counsel client in connection with Senate Permanent Subcommittee investigation and hearing regarding protecting real-time payment systems and consumers from fraud.
- Counsel for major U.S. banks in connection with multiple investigations, reports and hearings before the House Financial Services Committee.
- Counsel for major financial institution in connection with House Judiciary Committee investigation into information sharing with law enforcement and compliance with the Bank Secrecy Act.
- Counsel for a major consumer credit reporting agency in connection with an oversight hearing before the Senate Banking Committee.
- Represent large social media company in connection with congressional inquiries relating to content moderation practices.
- Counsel to major healthcare provider in response to multi-year investigation and report by Senate Finance Committee.
- Counsel for major financial institution in connection with multi-state Attorneys General inquiries into its climate-related pledges.
- Represent major asset manager in connection with congressional and state legislative inquiries related to environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues.
- Counsel to private equity firm in connection with congressional inquiries regarding investment strategies.
- Counsel for trading and investment company in connection with congressional inquiries and hearings into market volatility and retail investing.
- Represent clients in connection with matters before the Federal Housing Finance Agency.
- Represent corporate and individual clients in connection with investigations by federal agencies and Inspector General's Offices
- Counsel for a major financial institution in connection with congressional inquiries into compliance with international sanctions.
- Counsel to a student loan servicer in response to congressional inquiries.
Clerk & Government Experience
Law ClerkHonorable Susan H. BlackUnited States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit2007–2008
Prior Experience
Prior to studying law, Jeremy served as a political consultant and provided strategic communications counseling and advice to candidates seeking statewide office, including candidates for governor and Congress.
Jeremy was previously a partner at a prominent Washington, D.C., law firm, which he joined following a clerkship with the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit.
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Recognition
Recognized in 2022, 2023 and 2024 for Government Relations: Congressional Investigations by Chambers USA
Recognized in 2021 for Corporate Investigations and White-Collar Criminal Defense by The Legal 500 United States
Recognized as a 2016 and 2017 “Rising Star” in government relations by Washington, D.C., Super Lawyers
Credentials
Admissions & Qualifications
- District of Columbia
- California
Courts
- United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
- United States District Court for the Northern District of California
Education
- Duke University School of LawJ.D.magna cum laude2006Order of the Coif
- Duke UniversityB.A., Public Policycum laude2000