Law360, New York ( February 17, 2015, 9:57 AM EST) -- Tyree P. Jones is a litigation partner in the financial industry group of Reed Smith LLP in Washington, D.C. His practice focuses on defending clients in a variety of industries including financial services, health care and defense contracting in complex class action and individual litigation involving consumer finance, data privacy and employment matters. He recently led a team that defeated class certification in a nationwide MDL proceeding alleging disparate impact discrimination seeking more than $1 billion against one of the nation's largest financial institutions. He also has successfully counseled financial institution clients through regulatory investigations by the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, United States Department of Housing and Urban Development and the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, and regularly advises on compliance with state and federal fair lending laws. Jones is regularly tapped by clients to serve as lead trial counsel in high-stakes matters, where he has obtained favorable jury and bench trial verdicts in matters alleging employment discrimination, misappropriation of trade secrets, unfair competition and wage-and-hour violations....