Troutman Sanders LLP

Troutman Sanders is an accomplished and experienced leader in providing litigation and regulatory advice to a broad spectrum of financial services institutions.  Our team is comprised of a dedicated group of trial and regulatory lawyers who regularly focus on resolving the array of issues which confront financial institutions.  Our lawyers have years of hands-on successful experience in all areas of the trial process, including motions, arbitration, mediation, trial and appeal, coupled with in-depth banking industry and regulatory knowledge. 

Litigation Expertise
Troutman Sanders attorneys have experience in every facet of financial institution litigation, including the following areas:

• Fair Credit Reporting Act
• Truth in Lending Act
• Fair Debt Collection Practice Act
• Mortgage Lending and Servicing
• Equal Credit Opportunity Act
• State Equal Credit Opportunity Acts
• State Unfair and Deceptive Acts and Practices Claims
• Consumer Class Action Defense
• Government and Internal Investigations
• Indirect Lending
• Trust, Estate and Private Wealth Management

Broad Geographic Coverage
Troutman Sanders’ offices in the world’s financial and governmental centers, including New York, Chicago, Washington, D.C., North Carolina, Hong Kong and Shanghai, its substantial presence in the mid-Atlantic and Southeast coupled with a national footprint, allow for comprehensive representation of financial institutions nationally and abroad.  The Troutman culture requires that each client will have one partner designated as the primary contact for each case, whose job assignments include responding promptly to client needs regardless of who, how or where in the world the matter is being handled.

Spectrum of Financial Services
Our team represents a broad spectrum of financial institutions, including national and state chartered banks, community banks, wealth management companies, commercial banks, insurance companies, mortgage servicers and lenders, automobile lenders, small loan companies, investment banks, trust companies, hedge funds, structured finance and real estate lenders.

Extensive Experience
Our financial institution trial experience is vast and there is no learning curve.  The breadth and depth of our financial institution litigation practice allows our trial lawyers to staff cases efficiently and competently to ensure the highest degree of cost-benefit to all financial institution clients, not only in complex national or international litigation matters, but also in the smaller, more routine disputes which arise daily in the modern financial environment.

Troutman Sanders embraces diversity as a cornerstone of our future. It means, in part, a commitment by all of our attorneys and all other personnel to a shared vision and the establishment of a workplace environment that is fully inclusive. The Firm values diversity in that it enables the Firm both to take full advantage of the knowledge and talents of a multicultural team in order to meet and exceed individual and business goals and client expectations, and to meet the Firm’s obligation to provide the broadest possible range of opportunities to the members of the communities served by the Firm.

Troutman Sanders defines diversity as an environment of inclusion, in which race, color, religion, sex, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, citizenship, disability, background and social and ethnic group differences are accepted and valued, and all members of the Firm can contribute to their fullest potential to achieve the Firm’s business goals.

Troutman Sanders supports many initiatives that foster an inclusive environment and help all its personnel balance commitments to clients and family:

Domestic Partnership Benefits

Troutman Sanders offers domestic partnership insurance benefits and has a longstanding policy against discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation.

Women’s Forum

The Troutman Sanders Women’s Forum is a framework to increase the visibility of our women lawyers and their accomplishments, provide expanded professional and business development opportunities, and provide a supportive environment for the continued recruitment, promotion and retention of women lawyers firm-wide.

Moms' Group

The Moms' Group at Troutman Sanders includes both full and part-time women lawyers with children of all ages and provides the opportunity to discuss issues of common concern among a support network such as part-time employment options with the firm and child-care providers.

Charitable Giving

The firm allocates a significant amount of its annual charitable, diversity, and civic contributions budget toward nonprofit organizations and bar associations with a diverse constituency or whose mission directly influences the issue of diversity.  These organizations include the Latin American Association, National Association of Chinese Americans, Stonewall Bar Association , Georgia Hispanic Chamber,  National Asian Pacific American Bar Association (NAPABA), National Association of Women Lawyers (NAWL), Equality Virginia,  Stakeholders, Inc., Puerto Rican Legal Defense and Education Fund, Mexican American Legal Defense and Education Fund (MALDEF), YWCA, HRNEW, The Urban League, and Catalyst, Inc.

Recruiting

Troutman Sanders proactively recruits a diverse team of lawyers by visiting law school campuses and participating in minority job fairs, including the Lavender Law Job Fair, Southeast Minority Job Fair, Mid-Atlantic BLSA Minority Job Fair and Virginia Bar Association Minority Job Fair.  The firm also sponsors a variety of associations that connect minority law students to internships and job opportunities in the legal industry. 

Ongoing efforts to promote and foster an inclusive environment are lead by the Troutman Sanders Diversity Committee. Its primary goals are to implement the firm’s philosophy on diversity, ensure a welcoming workplace for all personnel, and make an impact on the community through charitable giving and pro bono service.

Members of the Diversity Committee are:

Sallie A. Daniel, Chief Diversity Officer
Ronald R. Ross, Chairperson **
Pamela S. Belleman ** 
Robert L. Bourguignon **
Julie L. Burgener **
Albert C. Hwang **
Molly F. James **
Jennifer Mathis **
Joseph M. Parker **
John M. Ramirez **
E. Fitzgerald Veira **
Sonia K. Bain
Sandra L. Brown
Michael D. Hobbs, Jr.
Roscoe C. Howard, Jr.
Prashant K. Khetan
M. Kevin McCusty
George L. Scruggs
Rebecca W. Shanlever
Wendelin W. Silliman
Anthony F. Troy
Jerome Walker
Farah S. Ahmed * 
Meredith N. Baron *
George G. Booker *
Alonso J. Cisneros *
Tameka M. Collier *
Sara H. Doran *
Kaleen Serena Ford *
Becki F. Kieffer *
Adam S. Libove *
Christina M. Lucio *
Nora Garcia Nickel *
Tashwanda C. Pinchback *
S. Kaveh E. Rashidi-Yazd *
Jimmy R. Rock *
Tania S. Sebastian *
Ashante Latanya Smith *
Matt J. Sperling *
Juliet G. Sy * 
Whitney S. Waldenberg *

* Elected by Associates
** Office Committee Chair