Described by National Journal as one of the “leading
Democratic lobbyists,” Jeffrey Peck brings clients 25 years
of legislative, regulatory and litigation expertise from his
service on Capitol Hill and in the private sector. Among
other things, Mr. Peck heads the firm’s Financial Services
and Capital Markets Practice, and is widely viewed as an
expert on the recently enacted Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform
and Consumer Protection Act. His experience also includes
the Terrorism Risk Insurance Act, the Fair Credit Reporting
Act, employee stock options and a range of other
high-profile financial services issues. In addition, Mr.
Peck has been the lead Democratic lobbyist on numerous
litigation reform issues, including the Private Securities
Litigation Reform Act of 1995 and the Class Action Fairness
Act of 2005. In recognition of his work on Class Action
reform, The Hill profiled Mr. Peck as “the guy who knows how
to get you to 60.”
Between 1987 and 1992, Mr. Peck served as General Counsel and then Majority Staff Director of the Senate Judiciary Committee, chaired during this period by then Senator Joseph R. Biden, Jr. As Staff Director, Mr. Peck oversaw more than 20 professionals with an annual budget of $8 million. During his tenure at the Judiciary Committee, he played a leading role on four Supreme Court nominations (Bork, Kennedy, Souter and Thomas), proposed constitutional amendments to ban flag burning, the Civil Justice Reform Act of 1990 and a number of intellectual property and antitrust issues. Between 1993 and 2000, Mr. Peck was the Managing Partner for Government and Regulatory Affairs for Andersen Worldwide (the parent company of Arthur Andersen and Andersen Consulting). In that capacity, he managed a range of legislative and regulatory initiatives on behalf of the accounting profession.
A graduate of Duke University and the University of Chicago Law School, Mr. Peck is the author of numerous articles and has been quoted in more than 125 news articles including USA Today, The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Financial Times, The Washington Post, The Los Angeles Times, The San Jose Mercury News, The San Francisco Chronicle, CFO Magazine and Fortune Magazine.
Between 1987 and 1992, Mr. Peck served as General Counsel and then Majority Staff Director of the Senate Judiciary Committee, chaired during this period by then Senator Joseph R. Biden, Jr. As Staff Director, Mr. Peck oversaw more than 20 professionals with an annual budget of $8 million. During his tenure at the Judiciary Committee, he played a leading role on four Supreme Court nominations (Bork, Kennedy, Souter and Thomas), proposed constitutional amendments to ban flag burning, the Civil Justice Reform Act of 1990 and a number of intellectual property and antitrust issues. Between 1993 and 2000, Mr. Peck was the Managing Partner for Government and Regulatory Affairs for Andersen Worldwide (the parent company of Arthur Andersen and Andersen Consulting). In that capacity, he managed a range of legislative and regulatory initiatives on behalf of the accounting profession.
A graduate of Duke University and the University of Chicago Law School, Mr. Peck is the author of numerous articles and has been quoted in more than 125 news articles including USA Today, The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Financial Times, The Washington Post, The Los Angeles Times, The San Jose Mercury News, The San Francisco Chronicle, CFO Magazine and Fortune Magazine.
AREAS OF EXPERTISE
| Accounting & Financial Services | |
| Coalition Management | |
| Congressional Investigative Preparation | |
| High Technology and Intellectual Property | |
| Legal and Tort Reform |
EDUCATION
| JD, University of Chicago Law School | |
| BA, Duke University (Magna Cum Laude) |
CAREER HIGHLIGHTS
| General Counsel, Committee on the Judiciary, United States Senate | |
| Majority Staff Director, Committee on the Judiciary, United States Senate | |
| Managing Director, Office of Government and Regulatory Affairs, Andersen Worldwide | |
| Law Clerk, US District Court, Chicago |
KEY LEGISLATION
| Private Securities Litigation Reform Act | |
| Securities Litigation Uniform Standards Act | |
| The Sarbanes Oxley Act | |
| Class Action Fairness Act | |
| Fair Credit Reporting Act |
MEDIA EXPERIENCE, MEMBERSHIPS, LECTURES, & PUBLICATIONS
| Television interviews on CNBC, PBS and C-SPAN. | |
| Guest Lecturer, Duke University and American University | |
| Member, Duke Law School, Board of Visitors | |
| Former Member, University of Chicago Law School, Board of Visitors | |
| Former Board Member and Treasurer, The Childrens Inn at NIH | |
| Opinion and Commentary, Legal Times, In Search of a Nominee's Judicial Philosophy. How to Get to the Core, July 12, 1993, at 19. | |
| With Robert Mednick, Proportionality: A Much Needed Solution to the Accountants Legal Liability Crisis, Valparaiso University Law Review, Spring 1994, Volume 28, Number 3. | |
| Users United: The Civil Justice Reform Act of 1990, Law and Contemporary Problems, Duke University, Summer 1991, Volume 54, Number 3. | |
| Proportionate Liability: Its Time is Now, presented to
the Financial Times Conference on Limiting Professional Liability, London,
November 4, 1996. |