Jamie M. Zeevi

Associate | She/Her/Hers

Overview

Jamie Zeevi is an associate in Crowell & Moring’s New York office, where she practices in the firm’s Litigation Group. She represents a wide range of clients in complex litigation in both federal and state forums, handling all aspects of the process. With knowledge in high stakes matters, Jamie has experience defending universities against federal and state law claims arising from allegations of student misconduct and student disciplinary proceedings; advising universities on compliance with federal statutes, including Title IX and the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act; representing victims of terrorism in Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act litigation arising from the October 7, 2023 Hamas-led attacks on Israel; defending a multinational beverage retailer in a purported class action alleging false advertising; and handling class actions and multidistrict litigations.

Additionally, Jamie is dedicated to giving back to her community and maintains an active pro bono practice assisting clients with immigration matters and advocating for the protection of reproductive rights.

Jamie received her J.D., cum laude, from St. John’s University School of Law, where she served as the managing editor of the St. John’s Law Review. While in law school, Jamie worked as a judicial intern for the Honorable Stephen A. Bucaria in the Supreme Court of the State of New York, Nassau County. She also served as a clinical law student in the Consumer Justice for the Elderly: Litigation Clinic, where she represented clients in matters involving deed theft, foreclosure defense, predatory lending, and debt collection. Jamie received her B.A. from Washington University in St. Louis in anthropology with minors in public health and Hebrew.

Career & Education

    • Washington University in St. Louis, B.A., 2012
    • St. John's University School of Law, J.D., cum laude, 2020
    • Washington University in St. Louis, B.A., 2012
    • St. John's University School of Law, J.D., cum laude, 2020
    • New York
    • U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York
    • U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York
    • New York
    • U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York
    • U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York

Jamie's Insights

Client Alert | 2 min read | 09.22.25

Department of Education Discontinues Discretionary Grant Funding for Minority-Serving Institutions

The Department of Education (DOE) announced on September 10, 2025, that it will end discretionary funding to several Minority-Serving Institution (MSI) grant programs that, it stated, “discriminate by conferring government benefits exclusively to institutions that meet racial or ethnic quotas.”[1] The agency stated that it would “us[e] its statutory authority to reprogram discretionary funds to programs that do not present such concerns.”[2] This announcement follows a July 2025 decision by the Department of Justice to no longer defend the constitutionality of a provision of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (HEA) that authorizes grant funding to Hispanic-Serving institutions, after determining that such programs “violate the equal-protection component of the Fifth Amendment’s Due Process Clause.”[3]...

Jamie's Insights

Client Alert | 2 min read | 09.22.25

Department of Education Discontinues Discretionary Grant Funding for Minority-Serving Institutions

The Department of Education (DOE) announced on September 10, 2025, that it will end discretionary funding to several Minority-Serving Institution (MSI) grant programs that, it stated, “discriminate by conferring government benefits exclusively to institutions that meet racial or ethnic quotas.”[1] The agency stated that it would “us[e] its statutory authority to reprogram discretionary funds to programs that do not present such concerns.”[2] This announcement follows a July 2025 decision by the Department of Justice to no longer defend the constitutionality of a provision of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (HEA) that authorizes grant funding to Hispanic-Serving institutions, after determining that such programs “violate the equal-protection component of the Fifth Amendment’s Due Process Clause.”[3]...