Bryan T. Veis
Download vCardMr. Veis is an experienced litigator. Prior to joining McTigue & Veis LLP, he was for more than seventeen years a Special Counsel in the Special Projects and Enforcement Divisions of the Office of Chief Counsel, Office of Thrift Supervision. While at OTS, Mr. Veis investigated and prosecuted violations of federal banking laws by officers, directors, shareholders, auditors, and outside counsel of failed savings and loans associations.
Among the matters that Mr. Veis was involved in were investigations resulting in cease-and- desist orders against firms and individuals, orders of prohibition against individuals, and monetary restitution in excess of $1.2 billion, including In the Matter of Kaye, Scholer, Fierman, Hays & Handler; In the Matter of Ernst & Young I (1992); In the Matter of Arthur Andersen & Co.; In the Matter of Deloitte & Touche; In the Matter of Grant Thornton LLP; In the Matter of KPMG Peat Marwick; In the Matter of CityFed Financial Corp.; In the Matter of Dollar Savings Bank & Robert DeMane; In the Matter of Ernst & Young II (Superior Bank), and numerous consent orders in smaller matters.
Prior to working for OTS, Mr. Veis was an Associate at the Washington, D.C. law firm of Steptoe & Johnson where he was involved in complex business litigation and the representation of major creditors, including pension funds, on official committees of unsecured creditors in bankruptcy proceedings.
Mr. Veis is a graduate of the Georgetown Law Center, magna cum laude. While at Georgetown he was an Associate Editor of the Georgetown Law Journal. Prior to law school, Mr. Veis served as a commissioned officer in the United States Navy. Mr. Veis attended the University of Montana, where he earned a B.A. in history (with honors). He is the author of Case Comment: Independent Oil and Gas Association of West Virginia, 60 Geo. L.J. 1233 (1980).
Mr. Veis is from Scobey, Montana.