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Washington, DC (March 30, 2009) – BuckleySandler LLP, the leading law firm serving the nation’s financial services industry, announced today that 13 litigators have joined the firm. With more than 50 financial services and litigation attorneys, BuckleySandler has one of the largest and most experienced groups of financial services attorneys in the country and provides its clients with the full-range of legal services to meet the current challenges confronting the financial services industry. BuckleySandler represents nine of the 10 largest banks in the United States, nine of the top 10 mortgage lenders, eight of the top 10 mortgage servicing companies, three of the top five credit card lenders, as well as a number of other banks and financial institutions, including major investment banks, private equity funds and insurance companies.
On March 20, 2009, Andrew L. Sandler and Benjamin B. Klubes, two leading financial services enforcement and litigation attorneys formerly with Skadden, Arps, joined with Buckley Kolar LLP, a premier financial services law firm, to form the new firm, BuckleySandler LLP. The firm serves major financial services clients throughout the country in significant regulatory, enforcement, litigation, transactional and public policy matters.
“We have brought together the most talented and experienced lawyers on our team, enabling them to focus on what they do best for our clients,” explains Mr. Sandler. “The established synergy and understanding of our clients’ needs will provide our clients with the reassurance that the best team of attorneys will continue to work on their behalf.”
Mr. Buckley noted, “Washington, DC is quickly becoming the epicenter of the financial services industry as its future is being shaped. Our firm’s public policy and regulatory capabilities, along with enforcement and litigation strength, afford us with a unique vantage point to serve our clients as trusted advisors during this time of regulatory change.”
“BuckleySandler is actively helping a wide range of clients in the current financial services crisis,” notes Senior Partner Joseph Kolar. “We can deliver to clients the full spectrum of financial services legal counsel with seasoned professionals, which in turn affords them with greater economic flexibility at a crucial time when the industry is facing considerable stress.”
The experienced litigators joining the firm include:
- Jonice Gray Tucker, Partner: J.D., Yale Law School, 2000; Law Clerk to the Hon. Marvin J. Garbis (D. Md.), 2000-2001
- Robyn Quattrone, Counsel: J.D., New York University School of Law, 1998
- Valerie L. Hletko, Associate: J.D., The University of Chicago Law School, 2001
- Victoria Holstein-Childress, Associate: J.D., Tulane Law School, 2002, Cum Laude; Tulane Law Review; Law Clerk to the Hon. Carl E. Stewart (5th Cir.)
- Caitlin M. Kasmar, Associate: J.D., University of Chicago Law School, 2004; Law Clerk to the Hon. Rebecca Beach Smith (E.D. Va.), 2004-2005
- Bradley Marcus, Associate: J.D., University of Baltimore School of Law, 2006
- Elizabeth E. McGinn, Associate: J.D., American University, Washington College of Law, 2000, Cum Laude; Law Clerk to Magistrate Judge P. Trevor Sharp (M.D. N.C.), 2001-2002.
- Michelle L. Rogers, Associate: J.D., American University, Washington College of Law, 2005, Summa Cum Laude
- Benjamin P. Saul, Associate: J.D., American University, Washington College of Law, 2002, Magna Cum Laude, Karl Scholar, Gillett-Mussey Fellow; Law Clerk to the Hon. John M. Steadman (Court of Appeals, District of Columbia), 2002-2003
- Lanique Eubanks, Staff Attorney: J.D., American University, Washington College of Law, 2006
- Raymond R. Regan, Staff Attorney: J.D., Duquesne University, 1997
- Amy Magdanz Rose, Staff Attorney: J.D., American University Washington College of Law, 2004, Cum Laude
- In addition, Andrea Mitchell, formerly of Skadden and currently employed by the federal government, will be joining BuckleySandler in April: J.D., American University, Washington College of Law, 2002, Summa Cum Laude; Clerk to Hon. Mary Ellen Barbera (Maryland Court of Special Appeals)
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