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Buckley recognized by Chambers USA for consumer financial services, white collar practices
Chambers USA named Buckley LLP a nationwide Band 1 firm in all consumer finance categories in its 2021 rankings, recognizing nine of its partners in those practices — more than any other firm in the country. The firm received top recognition in Consumer Finance Compliance, Consumer Finance Litigation, and Consumer Finance Enforcement & Investigations from Chambers, a research company that ranks the country’s leading firms and lawyers. The firm’s white collar and fintech practices also received high rankings both as practice areas and among individual lawyers. In all, Chambers USA recognized 13 Buckley partners.
“Buckley is an incredible resource for our company,” one source told Chambers about the firm’s financial services capabilities “They have a breadth and scope of subject matter expertise that cannot be found elsewhere. Our outcomes are always as expected or exceeded.”
Sources told Chambers that Buckley has “a great, well-rounded white-collar defense practice,” with “a lot of people with extraordinary skills.”
The firm achieved the following practice rankings in Chambers USA 2021:
Band 1 – Nationwide – Financial Services Regulation: Consumer Finance (Compliance)
Band 1 – Nationwide – Financial Services Regulation: Consumer Finance (Litigation)
Band 1 – Nationwide – Financial Services Regulation: Consumer Finance (Enforcement & Investigations)
Band 2 – District of Columbia – Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations
Band 3 – USA FinTech Legal – Payments and Lending
Band 3 – District of Columbia FinTech Legal
Listed below are the 13 individually recognized Buckley partners with quotes from sources, where available.
Henry Asbill – Band 2 – Litigation: Trial Lawyers; Band 2 – District of Columbia Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations. “He is one of the best, if not the best criminal defense trial attorney in the country.”
Preston Burton – Band 2, District of Columbia Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations. “He is renowned throughout the legal community as someone with great trial skills and a great strategic sense.”
Benjamin Klubes – Band 1, Nationwide Financial Services Regulation: Consumer Finance (Enforcement & Investigations); Band 3, Nationwide Financial Service Regulation: Banking (Enforcement & Investigations). “An excellent lawyer. I think very highly of him.”
Joseph Kolar – Band 2, Nationwide Financial Services Regulation: Consumer Finance (Compliance).
David Krakoff – Band 1, District of Columbia Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations; Band 3, Nationwide FCPA. “He is supremely skilled, as well as very strategic and detail-oriented.”
John Kromer – Band 3, Nationwide Financial Services Regulation: Consumer Finance (Compliance). “John gets deals closed and he knows how to structure them in ways that will be most attractive to the government. He is a go-to guy for that sort of work.”
Jeffrey Naimon – Band 2, Nationwide Financial Services Regulation: Consumer Finance (Compliance). “He is an exceptional lawyer and can generally tell you what absolutely everybody in the industry is doing.”
James McGuire – Band 3, Nationwide Financial Services Regulation: Consumer Finance (Litigation). “A very good lawyer and very talented.”
Clinton Rockwell – Band 3, Nationwide Financial Services Regulation: Consumer Finance (Compliance). “He does a good job of understanding the problems we are trying to solve and comes up with great business solutions.”
Michelle Rogers – Band 2, Nationwide Financial Service Regulation: Consumer Finance (Enforcement & Investigations) “She is excellent. A smart, knowledgeable, adaptable and responsive attorney.”
Jonice Gray Tucker – Band 2, Nationwide Financial Services Regulation: Consumer Finance (Enforcement & Investigations). “She is a tenacious litigator and does a good job of building relationships that help us navigate the labyrinth of regulatory agencies.”
Christopher Witeck – Band 3, USA FinTech Legal: Payments & Lending.
Walter Zalenski – Band 2, Nationwide Financial Services Regulation: Consumer Finance (Compliance). “Among the preeminent consumer finance attorneys in the country.”