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10 USAA legal leaders
These ten current USAA legal leaders hold executive director, director attorney, associate general counsel and assistant general counsel roles in technology, regulatory, HR, insurance, litigation and employment law at USAA. A reader can learn how legal leaders work at USAA from people who have held the role.
Professionals to explore
01—10Cory Person
LinkedInExperience: Assistant General Counsel · USAA
Assistant General Counsel at USAA since December 2025, and former Litigation Staff Counsel at USAA (2023–2025). Cory was Partner - Tort & Catastrophic Loss at Freeman Mathis & Gary, LLP (2023) and a shareholder at Hill Ward Henderson (2019–2023), with the USAA role based in Tampa, Florida.
Debra L. Placette
LinkedInExperience: Executive Director, Technology, Corporate Counsel · USAA
Executive Director, Technology, Corporate Counsel at USAA since February 2026, with an Associate General Counsel, Technology & Transactions row at USAA from 2021 also listed as current. Debra was Technology Attorney, Chief Legal Office at USAA (2019–2021) and a partner at Innocenti Jones PLLC (2016–2019).
Gina M. Graham
LinkedInExperience: Associate General Counsel-Insurance Counsel · USAA
Associate General Counsel-Insurance Counsel at USAA since August 2026, with an Assistant General Counsel-Insurance Counsel row at USAA from July 2024 also listed as current. Gina was a Trial Attorney at USAA (2013–2024) and an attorney at Graham Curtin, P.A. (2004–2013).
Jennifer Madine
LinkedInExperience: Executive Director, Regulatory Counsel · USAA
Executive Director, Regulatory Counsel at USAA since October 2022, and former Associate General Counsel at USAA (2019–2022). The profile says the Associate General Counsel role at USAA advised omnichannel and operations leadership. Jennifer was Senior Attorney, Vice President at Fifth Third Bancorp (2014–2019).
Jimmy Byars
LinkedInExperience: Director Attorney, Labor & Employment · USAA
Director Attorney, Labor & Employment at USAA since October 2024, and former Associate General Counsel, Labor & Employment (2022–2024) and Senior Counsel, Labor & Employment (2022) at USAA. Jimmy was a member (partner) in employment and labor law at Nexsen Pruet, now Maynard Nexsen (2018–2022).
John Fabiani
LinkedInExperience: Associate General Counsel · USAA
Associate General Counsel at USAA since February 2026, and former Assistant General Counsel at USAA (2022–2026). The profile lists corporate internal investigations, anti-bribery and corruption, and military affairs among the areas covered, and records Senior Defense Counsel service in the U.S. Army Reserve (2023–2026).
Kevin Geary
LinkedInExperience: Associate General Counsel · USAA
Associate General Counsel at USAA since July 2024, and former Director Attorney- CLO Corporate Regulatory Counsel (2020–2024), Director (Interim), CLO Legal Operations (2018–2020), Assistant Vice-President, Chief Legal Office Litigation Group (2014–2018) and Executive Director, Claims Litigation (2010–2014) at USAA.
Latrice L.
LinkedInExperience: Executive Director, HR Legal · USAA
Executive Director, HR Legal at USAA since March 2026. Latrice was Senior Corporate Counsel at Alaska Airlines (2023–2026), Principal Commercial Counsel at GitHub (2022–2023) and Employment Attorney at Microsoft (2021–2022). The profile describes advising HR leaders and executives on labor and employment matters.
Mark Wolfe
LinkedInExperience: Associate General Counsel · USAA
Associate General Counsel at USAA since October 2025, and former Assistant General Counsel at USAA (2024–2025). Mark was a partner at Prichard Young, LLP (2020–2024) and an associate attorney there (2017–2020). The headline describes Mark as a litigation strategist at USAA.
Ryan Suerth
LinkedInExperience: Director, Attorney · USAA
Director, Attorney at USAA since June 2025, and former Associate General Counsel at USAA (2024–2025). The profile says the role manages a team of in-house litigation attorneys with oversight of auto insurance litigation. Ryan was Assistant General Counsel, Managing Attorney at The Hartford (2019–2024).
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- 01How should an insurer and bank split legal work between regulatory, litigation and business-line counsel?
- 02What should an in-house insurance litigation team handle directly and what should go to outside counsel?
- 03How do technology and transactions lawyers support procurement and data projects at a financial services company?
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