Jeffrey Kaliel is a highly accomplished attorney with more than 15 years of legal practice and over a decade devoted to complex class-action litigation. He is known for handling substantial, high-impact cases with precision and credibility, earning strong respect within the legal community. His career reflects a consistent focus on accountability, disciplined advocacy, and public service values shaped by both his legal work and his military experience. Kaliel practices through KalielGold, a Washington, D.C., civil litigation firm recognized for its leadership in significantlarge-scale class actions in federal and state courts. The firm has secured settlements and verdicts totaling hundreds of millions of dollars, including landmark results addressing abusive financial conduct. Its practice spans consumer protection, overdraft fee disputes, personal injury, medical malpractice, insurance, bank fraud, and false advertising claims affecting broad consumer groups. Before law school, Kaliel served in the United States Army, attaining the rank of Staff Sergeant and completing advanced airborne and mountain warfare training. He deployed to Iraq in 2003 during the second Iraq war, an experience that reinforced leadership, discipline, and accountability. Following his military service, he joined the Department of Homeland Security Honors Program, worked in appellate litigation, and contributed to the federal investigation into the government's response to Hurricane Katrina. Kaliel earned his undergraduate degree in political science from Amherst College, graduating summa cum laude, and spent a year studying philosophy at Cambridge University in England. He received his law degree from Yale Law School in 2005. Throughout his career, he has served as lead class counsel in central state and national actions, prevailed on certification and dispositive motions, and applied sophisticated, data-driven, and technical discovery methods to present damages clearly and persuasively. A central focus of Jeff Kaliel’s work is combating predatory financial practices that harm low-income and vulnerable consumers. His cases frequently involve abusive lending and fee-based schemes that strip limited resources from households with few alternatives. He pairs deep financial and legal expertise with the ability to communicate complex concepts clearly and accessibly. He has also supported nonprofit organizations advancing consumer protection and transparency, and he enjoys spending time with his family exploring the greater D.C. area.