Vanessa Tussey is Senior Counsel in Litigation at Capital One. She
manages a team of talented specialists and oversees portfolios of
litigation for Capital One and Discover, including high stakes,
complex, multi-jurisdictional matters. Her scope spans regulatory
enforcement, class actions, consumer litigation, employment
disputes, bankruptcy, government investigations, and high-stakes
commercial litigation—all against the backdrop of the evolving
financial services industry and Capital One’s merger with Discover.
As a trusted advisor to business leaders, Vanessa provides
forward-looking counsel that reduces risk, strengthens compliance,
and elevates the customer experience. She works cross-
functionally across the enterprise to transform litigation insights into
proactive strategies that protect both the company’s reputation and
its bottom line.
Before joining Capital One, Vanessa practiced complex commercial
litigation at Boies Schiller Flexner, clerked for Judge William P.
Dimitrouleas (S.D. Fla.), and—early in her career—taught first and
fourth grade. She co-founded Read USA, a nonprofit that has
delivered one-on-one literacy tutoring to 5,700+ children, employed
500+ teachers, and distributed more than one million books to 370,000+
disadvantaged students.
Vanessa lives in Richmond, Virginia with her husband, two young
boys, and their senior dog.