Washington, D.C. (former Buckley) Office
Amanda Lawrence represents clients in a wide range of litigation, enforcement and regulatory matters. She assists clients in managing cybersecurity, privacy, information security and vendor risks. She counsels clients on compliance with privacy and data security laws and standards, including the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act (GLBA) and Regulation P, the Safeguards Rule, the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA), the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA). She also regularly assists companies with evaluating and addressing potential data security incidents, including drafting consumer and regulator notifications.
Amanda also represents financial services clients in mortgage loan repurchase and indemnification claims related to residential mortgage-backed securities (RMBS) and consumer cases, both individual and class actions, arising under federal and state consumer protection statutes. She regularly represents clients in matters before the Department of Justice (DOJ), the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), federal and state bank regulators and state attorneys general.
She is a frequent author and lecturer on litigation and compliance issues in financial services, including privacy, cybersecurity, and data breach, mortgage origination enforcement and litigation, RMBS, class actions, and FTC and other regulator priorities.
Amanda has an active pro bono practice. She is a member of Law360’s Banking Editorial Advisory Board, a Fellow in the Litigation Counsel of America Trial Lawyer Honorary Society, a co-chair of the Banking and Lender Liability Committee within the ABA Litigation Section and the former chair of the Women Litigator’s Committee of the D.C. Bar.
Prior to joining Orrick, Amanda was a partner at Buckley LLP, where she was a member of the partner board and served on the firm’s Pro Bono Committee. She also was an associate at Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom, LLP.
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