Veronica De la Vega (Pre-Crisis)

The Corporate Raider

**Nicknames**

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The silent yet deadly corporate raider **Veronica De la Vega** is a woman to be reckoned with. Born to a poor family in Compton, Veronica used every means to achieve power. Ranging from working with gangs to destroying her classmates' lives in law school. After gaining her Doctorate in Law, Veronica set her sights on the corporate world. She utilized the criminal contacts she gained to become the youngest managing partner at her firm and amass wealth and influence. This allowed her to become close to The Jackson Family and The Morris Family. She worked closely with Derrick Jackson who owned Falls Incorporated and Leita Morris, a renowned and famed doctor.

Her work allowed her to raid companies for her employers and herself. She absorbed many companies and taking a sizable amount of shares from Falls Inc, enough to put her on the board of directors. After discovering that Leita died in childbirth and that her son, **Angelo Morris**, had gained abilities and that **Demetrius Jackson** had returned, her interest was piqued by the world at large. That same year, Batman and Static debuted and she quietly investigated the fledgling superhero community in Washington. Originally it yielded no notable results but she then discovered who **Black Canary** and **Mister Terrific** were but she kept this to herself as a backup plan.

Recently, She reached out and introduced Captain Murphy to The Thomas Crime Family where the newfound group planned a metroplex-wide takeover. Their goal wasn't to control the surrounding cities but instead, to run the state as they planned to back Veronica as governor. At the same time, Veronica began to quietly work for her old friend, Annalise Gibbs on the governmental project, Task Force X.

## **Attributes**

### **Abilities**

* **Masterful Lawyer**: While not used as much as during it was at the beginning of her career, Veronica is an extremely gifted and experienced lawyer. She worked for the DA's office in Roseland for several years before transitioning to corporate law. Her skills in the courtroom are unmatched by even the most experienced lawyers. It seems that Veronica has every president, law code, and loophole ever created. She has gotten people on death row down to time served and uncovered government conspiracies.

* **Criminal Mastermind**: Having been involved with criminology since fourteen, Veronica is extremely adept at crime. Arguably better at it than Harrison King and other notable criminal masterminds. She operates in the shadows and only interacts with people who share the same philosophy about privacy. Unbeknownst to her other named partners, Veronica has been using Vega Haxwell Simons as a money-laundering scheme for The Thomas Crime Family and The Distills at the same time, playing against them both. She would even take it as far as creating a shell company primarily for dealing with Task Force X. She began funneling money into it to give Annalise Gibbs a larger budget than what the government gives her. As a joke, Papa Midnite, he called Veronica "You're criminal's criminal" and he isn't wrong.

## **Trivia**

* Veronica has been seen frequently buying records at Uncle Fern's Record Shop in Roseland.
* She detests seafood.
* Her favorite type of coffee is iced.