Jeremy Kress

Jeremy Kress is a lecturer in the business law area at the Ross School of Business, where he teaches Legal Issues in Finance & Banking and Business Law & Ethics.  Previously, Kress was an attorney in the banking regulation and policy group at the Federal Reserve Board of Governors in Washington, D.C.  In that capacity, Kress drafted rules to implement provisions of the Dodd-Frank Act and Basel III, including enhanced risk management standards for systemically important financial institutions.  Kress also advised the Board on the legal permissibility of bank mergers and acquisitions, with a focus on institutions subject to regulatory consent orders and transactions that affect financial stability.

Kress is a senior research fellow at the University of Michigan Center on Finance, Law, and Policy, where he served as asistant executive director from 2015 to 2016.  Kress has also served on the faculty of Michigan Law School, where he taught Financial Regulation. 

Kress graduated cum laude from Harvard Law School and from the Harvard Kennedy School, where he was a Presidential Scholar.  Kress holds a BBA from the Ross School of Business.  Kress clerked for the Hon. Matthew Leitman of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan.  His written work has appeared in the Harvard Journal on Legislation, the Bloomberg Corporate Law Journal, and Administrative Science Quarterly.

Education

• Juris Doctor Harvard Law School (2006 — 2010)
• Master of Public Policy (MPP) Harvard University, John F. Kennedy School of Government (2007 — 2010)
• Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA) University of Michigan - Stephen M. Ross School of Business (2001 — 2005)

Companies

• Assistant Professor of Business Law University of Michigan Ross School of Business (2018)
• Senior Research Fellow, Center on Finance, Law, and Policy University of Michigan Law School (2016)
• Lecturer in Business Law University of Michigan Ross School of Business (2016 — 2018)
• Lecturer in Law University of Michigan Law School (2016 — 2016)
• Assistant Executive Director, Center on Finance, Law, and Policy University of Michigan Law School (2015 — 2016)
• Judicial Law Clerk Honorable Matthew F. Leitman (2014 — 2015)
• Attorney, Banking Regulation and Policy Federal Reserve Board (2010 — 2014)
• Americorps Member City Year (2005 — 2006)