Liana R. Prieto

Associate •

Liana R. Prieto is an associate in the Washington, DC office of BuckleySandler LLP. Ms. Prieto represents financial services industry clients in a wide range of litigation matters, including government enforcement actions and matters before federal courts. Ms. Prieto also counsels clients regarding investigations by federal banking agencies and achieving compliance with outstanding regulatory orders.

Prior to joining BuckleySandler, Ms. Prieto was a Trial Attorney in the Enforcement and Compliance Division of the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, where she conducted investigations of national banks and bank insiders and litigated administrative actions involving mortgage fraud, embezzlement, and money laundering, among other financial law matters. Her experience includes being the sole staff attorney assigned to a long-term investigation of one of the largest national banks. The investigation uncovered unsafe or unsound practices and unfair or deceptive acts or practices and resulted in over $150 million in consumer restitution and a substantial civil fine. Ms. Prieto was also involved in a number of other investigations involving potential violations of Section 5 of the Federal Trade Commission Act.

Ms. Prieto received her J.D. from Fordham University School of Law in 2006, where she was a recipient of the Archibald R. Murray Public Service Award. She received a B.A. from Georgetown University in 2001.

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