Shara M. Chang

Biography

Shara Chang is an associate in the Washington, DC, office of BuckleySandler LLP. Ms. Chang represents financial services industry clients in regulatory and compliance matters.

Prior to joining BuckleySandler, Ms. Chang was an associate at an Am Law 100 law firm, where her practice focused on U.S. bank regulatory matters and corporate transactions.

Ms. Chang is the President-Elect of the Greater Washington Area Division of the National Bar Association (GWAC). She also serves on the Board of Directors for My Girlfriend’s House, Inc. (MGH), a local non-profit organization that empowers at-risk young girls and women through weekly mentoring workshops, community outreach and career and educational building activities.

Ms. Chang received her J.D. from Howard University in 2009 (cum laude). During law school, she served as executive publications editor for the Howard Law Journal and interned for the Honorable Anna Blackburne-Rigsby of the District of Columbia Court of Appeals. Ms. Chang received her M.A. in Economics from York University in 2006 and her B.Com. from Ryerson University in 2005.

Significant Representations

• CFPB Compliance Management Systems Examination

  Assisting top ten bank in CFPB compliance exam specifically focused on the bank's compliance management system.

Publications

• Chapter 35A: Fair Lending Litigation

  Litigation Services Handbook: The Role of the Financial Expert (5th Ed. Suppl.), May 3, 2013

• The Unconventional Lending Path

  Independent Banker Magazine, May 2, 2013

Speaking Engagements & Events

• Intro to the Ability-to-Repay Rule and Its Qualified Mortgage Exception

  March 13, 2013