Jonice Gray Tucker is a founding partner with Buckley LLP and a
member of the Firm’s governing board. Ms. Tucker specializes
in work with banks, non-bank financial institutions, and other companies
providing financial products and services. She works with some of the
largest bank and non-bank financial institutions, emerging companies
such as fintechs, and retailers whose business operations include
consumer and commercial finance.
Ms. Tucker focuses a substantial portion of her practice on escalated
supervision matters, investigations, and enforcement actions. She
frequently serves as lead counsel in matters involving the DOJ,
CFPB, HUD, FTC, and prudential banking regulators. She also represents
clients in connection with matters involving state Attorneys General
and other regulators such as the NYDFS, the California DBO, and
state banking departments. In addition to her work before government
regulators, Ms. Tucker counsels clients on compliance with laws governing
financial services, conducts internal investigations, and represents
clients in complex civil litigation. Ms. Tucker has published articles
on a wide-variety of legal issues impacting financial institutions and
is a frequent speaker in the industry.
Ms. Tucker is Chair of the American Bar Association’s Banking Law
Committee. She has been recognized in Chambers USA as a leading
lawyer in the category of Financial Services Regulation: Banking
(Enforcement & Investigations) as well as in Super Lawyers
(Consumer Law, Civil Litigation Defense, and Banking), Best
Lawyers (Banking and Finance Law), and Legal 500 (Litigation).
In 2018, she received MCCA’s Rainmaker Award and also was
recognized by Savoy as one of the nation’s Most Influential
Black Lawyers. Ms. Tucker holds a J.D. from Yale Law School and B.A.
from the University of Virginia (Phi Beta Kappa).
Professional Affiliations
- Chair, American Bar Association - Banking
Law Committee
- Former Chair of Fair Access to Services Subcommittee,
American Bar Association - Consumer Financial Services
Committee
- Board of Regents, The American College of Consumer Financial
Services Lawyers
- Executive Committee, Board of Directors, Legal Aid Society
of the District of Columbia
- Board of Trustees, Washington Lawyers’ Committee for
Civil Rights and Urban Affairs
- Board of Directors, The Kolar Charitable Foundation
- Advisory Board, Ron Brown Scholars Program
- Buckley Governing Board Member
- Chair, Buckley Diversity Committee