Andrew L. Sandler
Partner
1250 24th Street, NW • Suite 700
Washington, DC 20037
T. 202·349·8001
F. 202·349·8080
Andrew L. Sandler, Co-Chairman of BuckleySandler LLP, is a recognized leader in financial services enforcement and litigation and a strategic legal advisor to many leading financial services companies.
Mr. Sandler’s law practice specializes in regulatory enforcement, litigation, and compliance for financial services companies including banks and thrifts, mortgage and consumer finance companies, and credit card issuers. He represents financial services companies and their officers and directors in a wide range of regulatory examinations and civil and criminal investigations by federal and state enforcement and bank regulatory agencies. Mr. Sandler’s regulatory and enforcement practice often focuses on matters related to fair lending, financial products sales practices, mortgage fraud, privacy and information security, anti-money laundering, and the Bank Secrecy Act. He has extensive experience representing clients in matters involving the Foreign Corrupt Practices and False Claims Acts.
Mr. Sandler also has an active complex civil litigation practice. He has been the lead defense counsel in more than 80 class action cases in federal and state courts throughout the country representing banks and other financial services companies. Many of these matters have involved parallel government and private litigation and/or multiple class actions. Mr. Sandler currently represents a number of clients in mortgage loan repurchase litigation and is special litigation counsel to a bankruptcy trustee.
Mr. Sandler has an extensive counseling practice and advises financial institutions in regulatory examinations and with respect to compliance and due diligence issues.
Mr. Sandler has been recognized in Chambers USA 2010: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business in the areas of Financial Services Regulation Banking Enforcement & Investigations and Consumer Finance Compliance and by Best Lawyers in America. He has also been named one of Washington, D.C.’s Top Financial Services Lawyers by Washingtonian Magazine, December 2009, and as a Legal Visionary by the Legal Times in June 2010.
Mr. Sandler received his J.D. degree from the University of Pennsylvania Law School, an M.B.A. from the University of Pennsylvania, Wharton School, an M.A. from the University of Warwick (U.K.) (Rotary Foundation Fellow) and a B.A. from Union College.
Upcoming Speaking Engagements
November 4, 2010 - Financial Fallout Crisis 2010: Emerging Enforcement Trends
November 7-10, 2010 - 2010 CRA & Fair Lending Colloquium
January 27, 2011 - ACI’s 10th Annual Advanced Forum on Consumer Finance Class Actions & Litigation
Other Firm Speaking EngagementsSelected Publications
Books
Andrew L. Sandler, Benjamin B. Klubes & Anand S. Raman, Consumer Financial Services (Law Journal Press 2001).
Articles
Andrew L. Sandler, The Financial Services Reform Act: Leading or following enhanced consumer protection?, 14.4 Consumer Financial Services Law Report (2010).
Andrew L. Sandler & Michelle L. Rogers, The Impending Storm: Post-preemption State Consumer Protection Enforcement, 13.17 Consumer Financial Services Law Report (2010).
Andrew L. Sandler, Benjamin P. Saul & Molly A. Meegan, Credit and Payment Cards In Focus: Regulatory, Enforcement, and Litigation Risk Update, 24.9 Rev. of Banking & Fin. Serv. 103-110 (2008).
Andrew L. Sandler, Benjamin B. Klubes & Jonice Gray Tucker, Weathering the Subprime Storm, 1.2 Am. Securitization (2007).
Andrew L. Sandler, Benjamin B. Klubes & Benjamin P. Saul, Nontraditional Mortgage Products: The New Enforcement, Regulatory, and Litigation Frontier, 23.11 Rev. of Banking & Fin. Serv. 111-120 (2007).
Professional Organizations
Community
Financial Literacy Foundation, President
National Board of Directors of the Cancer Support Community, Board member
Kolar Charitable Foundation of BuckleySandler LLP, Board member
Parents Council of Tulane University, member
Leadership
ABA Consumer & Personal Rights Litigation Committee, Co-Chair, 2006-2009
ABA Banking Law Committee (Vice Chair 2002-2005; Chair, Retail and Consumer Banking Subcommittee 1999-2002)
ABA Consumer Financial Services Committee; Mortgage Bankers Association (Legal Affairs Committee; HMDA Issues Coordinating Counsel)
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Practice Areas
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Bar Admissions
District of Columbia
New York
Pennsylvania
Maryland
U.S. Court of Appeals for the First, Seventh, Eighth, Tenth and D.C. Circuits
U.S. District Court, District of Columbia
U.S. District Court, District of Maryland