Margo H. K. Tank
Partner

Buckley Kolar LLP
1250 24th Street, N.W., Suite 700
Washington, D.C. 20037
(202) 349-8050
(202) 349-8080 (fax)

Practice

Margo Tank is a founding partner of Buckley Kolar LLP. Ms. Tank advises financial services providers on compliance with state and federal laws governing consumer lending practices, including laws related to advertising, SPAM, privacy and data security and record retention.  In addition, she assists clients with structuring online business programs in compliance with the Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act (ESIGN) and the Uniform Electronic Transactions Act (UETA).  

Other activities include acting as the Co-Reporter for the Drafting Committee preparing the Standards and Procedures for Electronic Records and Signatures (SPeRS) (www.spers.org), and advocacy before Congress and federal regulators with respect to electronic financial services issues as counsel to the Electronic Financial Services Council and the Electronic Signatures and Records Association.

Professional Activities

Ms. Tank is a member of the District of Columbia and Maryland bars. Ms. Tank was elected to the Order of the Coif at Drake University Law School. She is also a member of the American Bar Association's Business Law Section and the Committee on the Law of Commerce in Cyberspace.

Publications/Presentations

Ms. Tank is co-author of The Law of Electronic Signatures and Records (GlasserLegalWorks, 2004) and a number of articles, including the following:

• "eMortgage Implementation Considerations," Electronic Banking Law and Commerce Report, Volume 11, Number 6 (July/August 2006);
• "It's the Message, Not the Medium! Electronic Record and Electronic Signature Rules Preserve Existing Focus of the Law on Content, Not Medium of Recorded Land Title Instruments," The Business Lawyer (August 2005);
• "The Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act - An Overview," Boston University School of Law, Annual Review of Banking Law (2001);
• "Electronic Signatures - Changing the Financial Landscape," The Conference on Consumer Finance Law, Quarterly Report (2000); and
• "The Emerging Legal Landscape for Bank Insurance Activities," Boston University School of Law, Annual Review of Banking Law (1998).

She also authored a white paper titled Electronic Financial Services in Emerging Market Countries at the request of the International Monetary Fund. Ms. Tank is a frequent speaker at financial services conferences on the electronic delivery of financial services.

Professional Experience

Prior to joining Buckley Kolar, Ms. Tank was a partner with Goodwin Procter LLP.  Before entering private practice, she was counsel to the U.S. House of Representatives, Committee on Banking and Financial Services.

Education

J.D., Drake University Law School, 1992 (with honors)
Projects Editor, Drake University Law Review
B.A., University of Vermont, 1985
Studied commercial law at Queens College, Oxford University, England, 1991