Williams & Connolly LLP‘s Washington DC-based banking and financial litigation group represents domestic and international banks, industry organizations, and investment funds in both regulatory investigations and class action litigation. The firm is equally skilled acting against agencies including the CFPB and the FDIC and leading on litigation relating to lending regulations, trade practice disputes, and corporate transactions. Enu Mainigi and Ryan Scarborough head the practice, and bring experience in jury trials, government investigations, and liability disputes for prominent national banks and banking associations. With strength in depth, Jesse Smallwood leads on major class actions, enforcement actions and complex commercial litigation.
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- We retain W&C to represent our bank in any and all large and high-stakes exposures.
Key clients
- Bank of America
- UMB Bank
- Consumer Data Industry Association and Cornerstone League
- UBS Financial Services Inc.
- American Bankers Association
- Coinbase
- Wells Fargo
- Fifth Third Bank
- Truist Bank
- Capital One
- JPMorgan Chase
- Consumer Bankers Association
- Mississippi Bankers Association
- America’s Credit Unions
- Arvest Bank
- Bank of Franklin
- The Commercial Bank
- Platinum Equity Advisors
- Custodia Bank
- Harry Calcutt
Work highlights
Representing Bank of America in nationwide litigation concerning the bank’s lending under the Paycheck Protection Program, which provides up to $610 billion in federal guarantees of loans by private lenders to small businesses and non-profits in the wake of the COVID pandemic.
Achieved a clean sweep on behalf of client UMB Bank in putative class action litigation, defeating four successive class actions that challenged the bank’s overdraft and NSF fee policies within the scope of four years.
Achieved a total victory for trade associations representing major credit reporting agencies and credit unions in challenging the CFPB’s Medical Debt Rule.
Practice head
Enu Mainigi; Ryan Scarborough
Other key lawyers
Jesse Smallwood