Jonathan D. Jerison
Counsel
1250 24th Street, NW • Suite 700
Washington, DC 20037
T. 202·349·8015
F. 202·349·8080
Jonathan Jerison provides regulatory, legislative and transactional advice to mortgage lenders, servicers, and insurers, as well as other lenders, and defends mortgage and consumer finance companies in government enforcement actions. Mr. Jerison counsels bank and non-bank financial institutions and their affiliates in complying with federal and state consumer protection laws and regulations, including providing general regulatory advice, providing advice on fair lending issues, reviewing consumer disclosures, drafting legislative or regulatory language advocacy papers, and amicus briefs, and advising on a wide variety of consumer finance issues, including privacy, the Fair Credit Reporting Act, the Home Mortgage Disclosure Act, the Truth in Lending Act, fair lending, telemarketing, and electronic commerce matters.
Mr. Jerison was Managing Editor of the Industrial Relations Law Journal at the University of California School of Law. His prior experience includes 14 years as a staff attorney and senior staff attorney in the Divisions of Financial Practices, Policy and Evaluation, and Enforcement at the Federal Trade Commission, where he was responsible for enforcement, interpretation, and rulemaking involving the federal consumer credit laws and the Federal Trade Commission Act.
Mr. Jerison is also a frequent speaker at financial industry conferences and seminars including the American Bar Association's 2008 Regulatory Compliance Conference and a series of audio conferences through the financial services and banking publisher A.S. Pratt.
Mr. Jerison received a M.L.T. from Georgetown University in 1988, a J.D. from University of California School of Law in 1977 and a B.A. from Yale University in 1973 (cum laude).
Selected Publications
“The Home Mortgage Disclosure Act: Its History, Evolution and Limitations,” presented at a forum entitled “Home Mortgage Disclosure Act: Compliance, Agency Enforcement and Class Action Litigation” at the American Bar Association’s Committee on Consumer Financial Services in Tampa, FL on April 6, 2006 (with Joseph M. Kolar)
R. Rohner et al., Truth in Lending, Ch: 13 (Enforcement, 2005 Supplement)
“The Fed’s E-Sign Regulations: More Questions than Answers for Disclosures in Consumer Transactions,” Electronic Banking Law and Commerce Report (2001) (with Andrea Lee Negroni)
