Deborah Jeffrey has served as the Inspector General of the Corporation for National and Community Service July 2012, following confirmation by the U.S. Senate. She has played an active role in the Inspector General community as a member of its Integrity Committee. Ms. Jeffrey spent most of her career in private practice as a partner in the law firm of Zuckerman Spaeder LLP, where she represented organizations and individuals in highstakes commercial and criminal litigation; defended senior government officials in highprofile criminal, Inspector General and congressional investigations; and represented lawyers and law firms on matters of professional ethics, risk management and professional liability.
Appointed by the District of Columbia Court of Appeals as Vice Chair of the D.C. Board on Professional Responsibility, Ms. Jeffrey oversaw the attorney disciplinary system and enforced the Rules of Professional Conduct. She is the author of more than 30 opinions in disciplinary prosecutions.
Ms. Jeffrey began her legal career as a law clerk to the Honorable Harrison L. Winter, Chief Judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit. She holds a B.A. in Political Science from Johns Hopkins University and a J.D. from Harvard Law School, where she was Editor in Chief of the Harvard Civil Rights-Civil Liberties Law Review.