An attorney in Washington, DC, Jeff Douglas Kaliel is a partner at Kaliel PLLC, a firm specializing in class action lawsuits. Since 2017, Jeff Douglas Kaliel has helped consumers recover millions from financial services institutions and lenders.
Mr. Kaliel played an integral role in resolving a case that recovered $66 million from Bank of America after the financial institution incorrectly assessed overdraft fees to bank customers. This case also resulted in the financial institution modifying its overdraft fee structure. He also worked on a case involving Colorado Credit Union, where the bank overcharged customers by assessing multiple insufficient fund fees on a single transaction. His most notable current cases include those against Capital One, MB Financial Bank, Arvest Bank, United Community Bank, Educational Employees‘ Credit Union, and City National Bank.
In addition to litigating cases in the financial services industry, Mr. Kaliel has also served as lead class counsel in nationwide and state-specific class action lawsuits. He has won contested class certification motions, defended dispositive motions, engaged in data-intensive discovery, and collaborated with experts in economics and information technology to create damages models. He has resolved numerous class action settlements, resulting in millions of dollars being returned to plaintiffs.
The legal community recognized Mr. Kaliel in 2015, giving him a Washington, D.C. Rising Stars Super Lawyers nod. He is a graduate of Yale Law School and a veteran of the United States Army, having served in the Iraq War.