Jay Lerner Adjunct Professorial Lecturer Justice, Law & Criminology
- Degrees
- Mr. Lerner holds a Juris Doctorate degree from the University of Pennsylvania Law School and a Bachelor鈥檚 degree in Accountancy from the University of Illinois, where he passed the Certified Public Accountants Examination.
- Bio
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Jay Lerner is an adjunct Professor in the Department of Justice, Law & Criminology, School of Public Affairs.聽 He teaches courses on financial crimes, criminal justice, law enforcement, and government oversight.
Mr. Lerner held several senior positions during his 31 years of Federal Government service.聽 He worked for and on behalf of several departments and agencies -- including 13 years at the Department of Justice as a prosecutor, 6 years at the Department of Homeland Security, and 12 years in the Inspector General (IG) community.聽
Mr. Lerner served as the Inspector General at the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), following his nomination by the President and confirmation by the Senate.聽 As IG, he oversaw an office of approximately 150 employees conducting oversight of the agency.聽 In addition, he held several leadership roles with the Council of Inspectors General on Integrity and Efficiency (CIGIE), and as a member of the Pandemic Response Accountability Committee (PRAC).
During his tenure in the Federal Government, he worked on a variety of matters including:
鈥 Helping start up two new Federal agencies (Department of Homeland Security and Transportation Security Administration);
鈥 Representing the U.S. Government before international bodies, including the United Nations, Organization of American States, Group of Eight, International Organization of Securities Commissions, and others;
鈥 Leading an overseas training program for foreign prosecutors;
鈥 Improving response capabilities after a financial crisis and a hurricane natural disaster;
鈥 Investigating the causes of the financial crisis on behalf of a statutorily-authorized commission;
鈥 Working on the enactment of several pieces of legislation; and
鈥 Prosecuting money-laundering and other criminal cases.
Mr. Lerner also teaches at George Washington University in Washington D.C.聽 In 2023, he was elected to be a Fellow of the National Academy of Public Administration (NAPA) and is an expert consultant for the Government Accountability Office (GAO), Center for Audit Excellence.聽
EMPLOYMENT EXPERIENCE
Inspector General, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Chief of Staff and Senior Counsel, Office of Inspector General, Department of Justice
Assistant Chief, Criminal Division (Fraud Section), Department of Justice
Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission, Investigator
Associate General Counsel and Chief Counsel for Security, Department of Homeland Security, Office of the General Counsel
Deputy Chief Counsel (Criminal Enforcement), Transportation Security Administration, Office of Chief Counsel
Criminal Division, U.S. Department of Justice
鈥 Counsel for Multilateral Affairs, Office of International Affairs
鈥 Legal Advisor, Office of Prosecutorial Development, Assistance, and Training
鈥 Special Assistant to the Assistant Attorney General, Front Office
鈥 Attorney, Narcotic and Dangerous Drug Section and Money Laundering Section
鈥 Special Assistant U.S. Attorney, U.S. Attorney鈥檚 Office (Eastern District of Virginia)
ACADEMIC AND TEACHING EXPERIENCE
鈥 麻豆破解版, School of Public Affairs, Department of Justice, Law & Criminology (Spring and Fall 2024), 鈥淲hite-Collar and Commercial Crime.鈥
鈥 George Washington University, Trachtenberg School of Public Policy and Public Administration (Summer 2024), 鈥淥versight and Accountability.鈥
鈥 Presented papers on Inspectors General at the annual conference of the American Society for Public Administration (April 2024).
鈥 Speaking engagements at Virginia Tech School of Public and International Affairs, University of Illinois, George Mason University Schar School of Policy and Government, and University of Michigan Ford School of Public Policy.
鈥 George Washington University, Department of Sociology.聽 Various courses covering law enforcement, policing, and counter-drug policy.
鈥 U.S. Department of Justice, Criminal Division, Law School Consortium Course, 鈥淭he Role of the Federal Prosecutor.鈥
鈥 George Washington University, Department of Forensic Sciences, 鈥淚ntroduction to Criminal Law.鈥
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Teaching
Fall 2024
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JLC-315 White-Collar& Commercial Crime