Elizabeth E. McGinn
Counsel
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New York, NY 10017
T. 212·542·1628
F. 866·831·8133
Elizabeth McGinn, a Counsel at BuckleySandler LLP, represents financial institutions in investigations, examinations and litigation initiated by the Department of Justice, the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development, the Federal Trade Commission, state attorneys general and the bank regulatory agencies. She has represented financial institutions in class action litigation concerning federal and state fair lending laws, mortgage fraud, unfair and deceptive trade practices statutes, consumer fraud statutes and consumer privacy laws.
Ms. McGinn assists clients in identifying, evaluating and managing risks associated with privacy and information security practices of companies and third parties. Ms. McGinn advises clients on the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act, the Fair Credit Reporting Act/Fair and Accurate Credit Transactions Act, the Telephone Consumer Protection Act, the Telemarketing Sales Rule, the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, the Controlling the Assault of Non-Solicited Pornography and Marketing Act, security breach notification laws and other U.S. state and federal privacy requirements. She develops policies and procedures, records retention schedules and training materials.
In addition to her consumer financial services work, Ms. McGinn has represented clients in matters involving simultaneous criminal, civil administrative and congressional proceedings. She has defended clients in matters relating to money laundering compliance issues and investigations and litigation by the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York, the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office, the U.S. Department of Treasury, the Securities and Exchange Commission and various congressional committees, including the U.S. Committee on Homeland Security and Government Affairs Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations, the U.S. House Financial Services and the U.S. House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
Ms. McGinn has published on a variety of topics, including consumer financial services litigation, electronic discovery and the death penalty.
Following law school, Ms. McGinn clerked for Federal Magistrate Judge P. Trevor Sharp of the United States District Court for the Middle District of North Carolina.
Ms. McGinn received her J.D. from The American University, Washington College of Law in 2000 (cum laude) and received the Mooers Trial Practice Award. She was the Senior Articles Editor for the International Law Review and a Marshall-Brennan Fellow. Ms. McGinn received a B.S. from St. Lawrence University.
* Not admitted in New York; Supervised by Stephen Ambrose.
Selected Publications
McGinn, Elizabeth E., and Anand S. Raman, Financial Institutions and Privacy, in Consumer Financial Services (Law Journal Press 2001) §3.01 - §3.05.
Other Firm PublicationsProfessional Organizations
ABA Consumer & Personal Rights Litigation Committee, Co-Chair, 2009
