Jonice Gray

Practice Areas

Jonice Gray is a partner and Chair of the Consumer Financial Services practice at Paul Hastings. She specializes in work with banks, non-bank financial institutions, and other companies providing financial products and services. She works with many of the largest bank and non-bank financial institutions, emerging companies such as fintechs, and retailers whose business operations include consumer and small business finance. Her work is focused on high-stakes legal proceedings, including matters initiated by federal and state regulators, private civil litigation, and internal investigations. She also counsels clients on compliance with consumer protection laws, and is particularly known for her work as related to fair banking and UDAAP/UDAP. She routinely provides strategic advice to senior corporate leaders, including Boards of Directors, as they navigate complex, and often unexpected, business and legal challenges.

Career

Ms. Gray previously served as a judicial law clerk to Marvin J. Garbis (United States District Court for the District of Maryland) and practiced with Skadden Arps. She later became of a founding partner and governing board member with Buckley LLP, which recently merged with Orrick.

Professional Memberships

• Former Chair, American Bar Association - Banking Law Committee

• Business Law Section Council, American Bar Association

• Executive Council, Federal Bar Association Banking Law Section

• Banking Editorial Board Member, Law360

• Regent, The American College of Consumer Financial Services Lawyers

• Executive Committee, Board of Directors, Legal Aid Society of D.C.

• Advisory Board, Ron Brown Scholars Program

• Member, Exchequer Club of Washington, D.C.

Personal

Yale University, JD

University of Virginia, BA