Andrea Mitchell
Counsel
1250 24th Street, NW • Suite 700
Washington, DC 20037
T. 202·349·8028
F. 202·349·8080
Andrea Mitchell, a Counsel in the law firm of BuckleySandler LLP, counsels financial services companies on regulatory compliance and risk management with respect to the Truth in Lending Act, the Fair Housing Act, the Equal Credit Opportunity Act, Fair Credit Reporting Act, and unfair and deceptive trade practices statutes. She also assists financial services companies with due diligence related to acquisitions and initial public offerings.
Ms. Mitchell has represented clients in federal and state enforcement agency investigations, congressional investigations, corporate internal investigations, and private civil and class action litigation. Specifically, she has represented financial institutions in investigations by the Department of Justice, Federal Trade Commission, Department of Housing and Urban Development, Federal Reserve, Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, Office of Thrift Supervision, and state attorneys general.
Prior to joining BuckleySandler LLP, Ms. Mitchell was a counsel in the Legal Division at the Federal Reserve Board where she worked on consumer regulations including Regulations E (Electronic Fund Transfers), P (Privacy of Consumer Financial Information), V (Fair Credit Reporting), Z (Truth in Lending), and AA (Unfair or Deceptive Acts or Practices).
Ms. Mitchell was a litigation associate in private practice before working at the Federal Reserve Board, and she served as a law clerk to the Honorable Mary Ellen Barbera of the Maryland Court of Special Appeals. Ms. Mitchell received a J.D. from American University, Washington College of Law in 2002 (summa cum laude) where she was a Note and Comment Editor for the American University Law Review. She received a B.A. from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 1993.
Ms. Mitchell's published work includes "Mortgage fraud wave requires strict regimen to resist," ABA Banking Journal (June 2006), co-authored with Andrew L. Sandler and Anand S. Raman; "New OCC Guidelines Establish Anti-Predatory Lending Standards for National Banks," The Review of Banking & Financial Services (August 2005), co-authored with Andrew L. Sandler; and "United States v. Drayton: Supreme Court Upholds Standards for Police Conduct During Bus Searches," 51 Am. U. L. Rev. 1065 (2002).
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Practice Areas
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Bar Admissions
Maryland
District of Columbia
U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia