Neera Chatterjee, Associate General Counsel, Office of the Corporate Secretary, U.S. Bank
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Neera Chatterjee is currently Associate General Counsel within the Office of the Corporate Secretary and provides legal and strategic support to the Corporate Social Responsibility team, including the U.S. Bank Foundation and ESG program office, and related risk functions. Prior to joining U.S. Bank, Neera was Senior Vice President and Managing Counsel at Wells Fargo, where she led and managed the company’s regulatory change management function and advised on issues involving compliance risk management. She has also served as an attorney in the Office of the General Counsel for the University of Texas System, a business litigation associate in the Austin office of the Dallas-based law firm Haynes and Boone, LLP, and a law clerk to federal judges in New Mexico and Texas.
Neera is committed to furthering inclusion and equity in the legal profession, the financial services industry, and the broader community. She currently serves on the Board of Directors of Twin Cities Diversity in Practice, a nonprofit association comprised of legal employers who share a vision to create a vibrant and inclusive legal community as well as the Board of Directors of Prepare + Prosper, a nonprofit that works with low- to moderate-income individuals and families to build financial well-being. She also serves as Chair of the U.S. Bank Law Division’s Equity & Racial Justice Council.
Neera earned her Juris Doctorate from Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee and a Bachelor of Arts degree in political science from Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois. Neera, a Chicagoland native, lives in Saint Paul, Minnesota with her husband and two children.
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Published September 13, 2023.