Jeremiah S. Buckley
Partner

Buckley Kolar LLP
1250 24th Street, N.W., Suite 700
Washington, D.C. 20037
(202) 349-8010
(202) 349-8080 (fax)

Practice

Jerry Buckley is a founding partner of Buckley Kolar LLP. Mr. Buckley's practice focuses on consumer financial services and real estate law with a concentration on federal and state regulation of financial services transactions, including transactions in electronic commerce.

Mr. Buckley acts as adviser to financial services firms on compliance with state and federal regulations related to lending, licensing and chartering, mergers, conversions, investments, deposit taking, transactions with affiliates and holding company operations. He also advises mortgage companies and other settlement services providers on compliance with the Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act (RESPA), the Truth in Lending Act, the Fair Credit Reporting Act, the Equal Credit Opportunity Act, and related federal and state laws.

Mr. Buckley frequently represents and counsels companies and trade associations in connection with legislative and regulatory developments. He has acted as counsel for several national trade associations with respect to rulemakings to implement the Fair and Accurate Credit Transactions Act (FACTA). His practice also involves the defense of companies that are targets of inquiries or enforcement actions by bank regulatory agencies, the FTC, and HUD. He has acted as counsel for a number of national financial services trade associations in filing amicus curiae briefs related to the interpretation of banking and consumer finance laws in cases before the U.S. Supreme Court and appellate courts.

Mr. Buckley serves as general counsel of the Electronic Financial Services Council (www.efscouncil.org.). In that capacity, he counsels the nation's leading financial and technology firms on emerging laws affecting the electronic delivery of financial services. Mr. Buckley is called to testify before Congressional committees and government agencies on legislative and regulatory developments affecting the delivery of financial services through electronic commerce. He played a leading role in negotiations that led to enactment of the federal E-Sign Act authorizing the nationwide use of electronic signatures and records. He has acted as counsel to the Drafting Committee for Standards and Procedures for Electronic Records and Signatures (www.spers.org).

Professional Activities

Mr. Buckley has chaired the Subcommittee on RESPA of the American Bar Association Consumer Financial Services Committee. He is frequently a speaker at seminars on subjects related to the federal and state regulation of mortgage companies and electronic delivery of financial services. Mr. Buckley is also a member of the Exchequer Club.

Publications/Presentations

Mr. Buckley is co-author of Introduction to Mortgage Lending (ABA, 2006), The Law of Electronic Signatures and Records (GlasserLegalWorks, 2004) and a number of articles on electronic signatures and records including:

• "Electronic Signatures - Changing the Financial Landscape," The Conference on Consumer Finance Law, Quarterly Report (2000, co-author) and
• "The Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act - An Overview," Boston University School of Law, Annual Review of Banking Law (2001, co-author).

Professional Experience

Before joining Buckley Kolar, Mr. Buckley was a partner with Goodwin Procter LLP. Prior to entering private practice, Mr. Buckley served as Republican Staff Director of the U.S. Senate Banking Committee. During his service on the committee staff, he participated in drafting banking and bank holding company legislation, housing legislation, securities law amendments, RESPA, the Fair Credit Reporting Act, Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, Truth in Lending amendments and other finance-related legislation. As Republican Staff Director, he also assisted in drafting the Equal Credit Opportunity Act, the Community Reinvestment Act and the Home Mortgage Disclosure Act.

Honors and Awards

In January 2005, Mr. Buckley was one of only 114 attorneys nationwide named a member of the "2005 BTI Client Service All-Star's" team for law firms, and was identified by a client as "delivering truly outstanding and superior service."

Education

J.D., University of Virginia Law School, 1969
A.B., Fairfield University, 1966 (cum laude)