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About the Role
The U.S. Bank Law Division is seeking an experienced attorney to support strategic enterprise innovation initiatives and core bank regulatory matters. This position focuses on the intersection of banking regulation, emerging technology, digital assets, payments, and corporate strategy, providing legal advice and strategic counsel.
Responsibilities
- Provide legal counsel regarding core federal banking laws and regulations.
- Assist with regulatory approvals, applications, notices, and filings.
- Draft legal memoranda, regulatory analyses, enterprise policies, procedures, and governance documents.
- Provide legal interpretation and guidance to various stakeholders.
- Support enterprise regulatory change management efforts.
- Monitor legislative, regulatory, and supervisory developments and assess their impact.
- Draft or contribute to comment letters, advocacy materials, and regulatory engagement efforts.
- Interact with federal and state banking regulators.
- Participate in trade associations, industry working groups, and other external forums.
- Educate internal stakeholders regarding emerging legal risks, opportunities, and industry best practices.
Requirements
- J.D. from an accredited law school.
- Active bar membership in good standing.
- 10+ years of legal experience in a law firm, financial institution, fintech, regulatory agency, or combination thereof.
- Significant experience advising on banking, financial services, payments, fintech, technology, corporate regulatory, or related matters.
- Strong legal drafting, analytical, and issue-spotting capabilities.
- Experience advising on bank regulatory matters, including federal banking and bank holding company statutes, regulations, and supervisory guidance.
- Experience with digital assets, blockchain technology, tokenization, stablecoins, payments, money movement, custody, trust activities, or emerging financial technologies.
- Familiarity with securities, commodities, and investment management regulatory frameworks.
- Experience working directly with federal banking regulators.
- Experience drafting comment letters, regulatory analyses, or policy advocacy materials.
- Must be able to comply with U.S. Bank policies and procedures.
Skills
- Collaborative
- Curious
- Strategic
- Creative
- Engaged
- Effective Communicator
- Strong Judgment
Location
- U.S. Bank
Work Type
- Full-time
Experience Level
- 10+ years of legal experience
Education Level
- J.D. from an accredited law school
Salary/Compensations
- $214,795.00 - $252,700.00
Benefits
- Healthcare (medical, dental, vision)
- Basic term and optional term life insurance
- Short-term and long-term disability
- Pregnancy disability and parental leave
- 401(k) and employer-funded retirement plan
- Paid vacation (from two to five weeks depending on salary grade and tenure)
- Up to 11 paid holiday opportunities
- Adoption assistance
- Sick and Safe Leave accruals
About the Company
- At U.S. Bank, we’re on a journey to do our best. Helping the customers and businesses we serve to make better and smarter financial decisions and enabling the communities we support to grow and succeed.
- We believe it takes all of us to bring our shared ambition to life, and each person is unique in their potential.
- A career with U.S. Bank gives you a wide, ever-growing range of opportunities to discover what makes you thrive at every stage of your career.
- Try new things, learn new skills and discover what you excel at—all from Day One.
- We are proud that U.S. Bank has been recognized as a World’s Most Ethical Company® by the Ethisphere Institute and has been named the #1 Most Admired Superregional Bank by Fortune magazine.
- The Law Division has received several awards for its pro bono contributions, including the Minnesota Corporate Pro Bono Council’s “Excellence in Pro Bono Award,” and we encourage our legal professionals to contribute time and expertise to pro bono work as part of their role.
- In addition, the Law Division has been recognized for its leadership and engagement in Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion initiatives.
- Successful candidates for a position in the U.S. Bank Law Division support U.S. Bank’s core values, which guide what we do every day: We do the right thing, We power potential, We stay a step ahead, We draw strength from diversity, We put people first.
- In the U.S. Bank Law Division, we honor those values through our mission: “we guide our clients to remarkable results with expert legal counsel and ethical leadership.”
- Our commitment is evident in the work we do, not only for the Bank, but for our communities.
Equal Opportunity
- U.S. Bank is an equal opportunity employer. We consider all qualified applicants without regard to race, religion, color, sex, national origin, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability or veteran status, and other factors protected under applicable law.
- U.S. Bank participates in the U.S. Department of Homeland Security E-Verify program in all facilities located in the United States and certain U.S. territories.
- U.S. Bank will consider qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records for employment.
- U.S. Bank conducts background checks consistent with applicable local laws, including the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance and the California Fair Chance Act as well as the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance.
- U.S. Bank is subject to, and conducts background checks consistent with the requirements of Section 19 of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act (FDIA).
- In addition, certain positions may also be subject to the requirements of FINRA, NMLS registration, Reg Z, Reg G, OFAC, the NFA, the FCPA, the Bank Secrecy Act, the SAFE Act, and/or federal guidelines applicable to an agreement, such as those related to ethics, safety, or operational procedures.