Jeremy Kress

Jeremy Kress is an Associate Professor of Business Law at Michigan Ross. His research focuses on bank regulation, systemic risk, and financial stability. 

Before entering academia, Professor 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, he drafted rules to implement the Dodd-Frank Act and Basel III, and he advised the Board on the legal permissibility of bank mergers and acquisitions. In 2023, Professor Kress served as Counsel to the Assistant Attorney General for Antitrust at the U.S. Department of Justice, focusing on bank merger policy.

Professor Kress serves as a Think Tank Fellow at the Roosevelt Institute and on advisory boards for Better Markets and the American Antitrust Institute. The Financial Times has recognized his work as "highly commended" academic research with real-world impact in its Responsible Business Education Awards. Professor Kress has testified before the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives, and he frequently comments on financial regulatory matters in the press. 

Professor Kress teaches Legal Issues in Finance & Banking at Michigan Ross, and he has taught Financial Regulation at Michigan Law School. He has been named one of Poets & Quants’ “Top 50 Undergraduate Professors” and is a past winner of Michigan Ross’ Neary Teaching Excellence Award.

Professor Kress graduated cum laude from Harvard Law School and from the Harvard Kennedy School, where he was a Presidential Scholar. He holds a BBA from Michigan Ross.