Jayashree T. Venkateswaran
Associate
Overview
Jayashree Venkateswaran counsels clients in finance and restructuring matters. She is a second-career law professional with an extensive background in banking and finance, education, leadership, soft skills, and communications training. Jayashree brings to her clients strong communication and interpersonal skills, a sharp attention to detail, high integrity, and accountability.
Prior Experience
During law school, Jayashree was a summer associate at Faegre Drinker, with rotations in the finance and restructuring, labor and employment, and corporate law teams, which included working on a client rotation at Wells Fargo. While in law school, she served in the Mitchell Hamline Health Law Clinic as a certified student attorney and student director of the clinic.
Before and during law school, she was a legal assistant at an immigration law firm. Prior to the law, Jayashree had a teaching career in business communications and leadership consulting, and worked in banking and finance in India and in the United States.
Personal Interests
Outside the office, Jayashree can be found reading, enjoying the outdoors with her family or working in her vegetable garden.
Related Legal Services
Credentials
Bar Admissions
Minnesota
Languages
Malayalam
Hindi
Tamil
Education
Mitchell Hamline School of Law
J.D. magna cum laude, Law Review (contributing editor) (2023)
University of Calicut
M.B.A. in Marketing and Systems (2001)
University of Calicut
B.A. in English Language and Literature (1998)
Insights & Events
Leadership & Community
Professional Associations
- Minnesota State Bar Association
- Minnesota Asian Pacific American Bar Association
Honors
- Mitchell Hamline School of Law — Student Award of Merit (2023); Dean’s List; CALI Award for highest grade in Immigration Law