Financial Services Lawyers
3,609 verified financial services attorneys across the United States. Find experienced Financial Services counsel to evaluate your case, explain your options, and represent you through every stage of the legal process.
Mr Mark S. Bosco is a lawyer practicing banking law, general real estate practice, bankruptcy and 5 other areas of law.
Michael Scott Arlein is a lawyer practicing trusts and estates, financial services, estate planning and 4 other areas of law. Michael received a B.A. ...
Juan Carlos Castaneda is a lawyer practicing construction & infrastructure, healthcare, international practice and 10 other areas of law. Juan receive...
Mr. Ricardo Antonio Bedoya is a lawyer practicing banking law, product liability, litigation and 6 other areas of law.
Mr. Philip Adam Cooper is a lawyer practicing acquisitions & divestures, business law, corporate and 10 other areas of law.
Bridget Michael Rohde is a lawyer practicing corporate compliance & investigations, securities violations, fcpa & uk bribery act and 9 other areas of ...
Justin G Klimko is a lawyer practicing business, financial services, regulatory compliance and 13 other areas of law. Justin received a B.A. degree fr...
Joshua Oliver Stevens is a lawyer practicing administrative law/regulatory law, advertising & marketing, business law and 8 other areas of law. Joshua...
Adam Ryan Rosenthal is a lawyer practicing labor and employment, labor and employment counseling, unfair competition and trade secrets and 11 other ar...
Daniel S. Huffenus is a lawyer practicing communications and media, insurance, wills and probate and 11 other areas of law.
Helen Elizabeth Tuttle is a lawyer practicing construction, energy, financial services and 15 other areas of law. Helen received a B.A. degree from Fr...
Justin Matthew Riess is a lawyer practicing financial services, corporate, internet and 2 other areas of law. Justin received a B.S. degree from Vande...
Thomas Mead Santoro is a lawyer practicing general employment litigation, non-competes and protection against unfair competition, higher education and...
Phillip C Korovesis is a lawyer practicing non-compete & trade secret, litigation & arbitration, health care and 7 other areas of law. Phillip receive...
Brian A Cabianca is a lawyer practicing alternative dispute resolution, banking & finance, business law and 11 other areas of law. Brian received a B....
John Carlyle Morton is a lawyer practicing business law, environmental and energy law, fintech and 2 other areas of law. John received a B.A. degree f...
Jeffrey B. Jensen is a lawyer practicing financial services, technology, manufacturing & transportation and 10 other areas of law.
Mr. Edward Bardin Simmons, Jr. is a lawyer practicing financial services, commercial real estate, banking.
Ms. Amy Lea Drushal is a lawyer practicing creditors' rights & insolvency, appellate, bankruptcy and 9 other areas of law.
Christopher R. Rahl is a lawyer practicing banking, business law, emerge and 6 other areas of law.
Mr. Brian Richard Iverson is a lawyer practicing banking, business, intellectual property and technology and 7 other areas of law.
Michael David Alper is a lawyer practicing appellate, class actions, commercial and 5 other areas of law. Michael received a A.B. degree from Universi...
O'Kelly Edward McWilliams III is a lawyer practicing employment, labor & benefits, transactions & due diligence, executive compensation and 18 other a...
Mr. Derek Eduardo Leon is a lawyer practicing litigation, retail, product liability & mass torts and 7 other areas of law.
Lee A. Sartori is a lawyer practicing business & corporate law, commercial litigation, estate planning and 11 other areas of law.
Michael James Maloney is a lawyer practicing dispute resolution, financial services, lawsuits & disputes and 6 other areas of law. Michael received a ...
Mr. James Emery Rogers is a lawyer practicing alternative dispute resolution, energy, financial services and 14 other areas of law.
Mr. Timothy Wayne Volpe is a lawyer practicing litigation, arbitration, insurance regulatory and 5 other areas of law.
Michel Yves Horton is a lawyer practicing life sciences, financial services, technology and 3 other areas of law. Michel Yves received a B.S. degree f...
Peter J. Wolfson is a lawyer practicing construction, environmental, land use and 5 other areas of law.
Jeffrey A Sadowski is a lawyer practicing commercial litigation, intellectual property, automotive & industrial and 4 other areas of law. Jeffrey rece...
Michael Baimas Margolis is a lawyer practicing alternative dispute resolution, asia practice, commercial and corporate litigation and 8 other areas of...
Mr. Laurence Jones McDuff is a lawyer practicing health care, litigation, banking / financial services and 2 other areas of law.
James Dawson Newell is a lawyer practicing chapter 11 bankruptcy, bankruptcy and insolvency, creditors' rights and 3 other areas of law. James receive...
David Lawrence Higgs is a lawyer practicing estate planning, trusts, financial services and 4 other areas of law. David received a B.S. degree from We...
Stephen William Ray is a lawyer practicing antitrust, banking/financial services, business transactions and 12 other areas of law. Stephen received a ...
J. Bret Treier is a lawyer practicing corporate and business organizations, business organizational matters, including entity selection and capital st...
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Kathryn Angell Carr is a lawyer practicing banking and financial institutions, commercial leasing, commercial transactions and 6 other areas of law. K...
Susan J. Klein is a lawyer practicing bankruptcy & restructuring, business, financial services and 3 other areas of law.
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David Simson Musgrave is a lawyer practicing bankruptcy and restructuring, business law, commercial and 1 other area of law. David received a B.S. deg...
Julie Des Ormeaux Rosenzweig is a lawyer practicing family law, hospitality, entertainment, and leisure, insurance and 7 other areas of law. Julie rec...
Stephen D. Lerner is a lawyer practicing commercial, restructuring & insolvency, public sector fiscal stability initiative and 4 other areas of law.
Marilyn Mullen Healy is a lawyer practicing county & local govt law, probate & trust, administrative law and 10 other areas of law. Marilyn received a...
James B. McLaren, Jr. is a lawyer practicing transactions, banking / financial services, construction and 10 other areas of law.
W. Cliff Moore III is a lawyer practicing litigation, transactions, real estate and 6 other areas of law.
Everett William Jack is a lawyer practicing insurance, arbitration, securities litigation and 5 other areas of law. Everett received a B.B.A. degree f...
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Barry J. Ryan is a lawyer practicing capital markets, china, financial services and 2 other areas of law.
C Phillip Buffington, Jr. is a lawyer practicing transactions, banking / financial services, commercial restructuring / bankruptcy and 9 other areas o...
Ms. Cheryl L Gordon is a lawyer practicing business organizations, probate & trust, commercial transactions and 14 other areas of law.
Ms. Patricia Maria Hernandez is a lawyer practicing corporate, financial services, foreign entities and 13 other areas of law.
Robert J. Smith joined Costello, Cooney & Fearon, PLLC, in 1983 and has been a partner with the Firm since 1988.
Leslie Adams Wickes is a lawyer practicing internet, unfair competition, antitrust and 9 other areas of law. Leslie received a B.A. degree from Univer...
Peter Woodward Tomlinson is a lawyer practicing litigation, securities and derivatives litigation, white collar defense and investigations and 9 other...
John Francis Pritchard is a lawyer practicing aircraft finance, equipment financing and leasing, aviation and 9 other areas of law. John received a B....
John M Welch is a lawyer practicing corporate counsel, corporate law, corporate transactions and 7 other areas of law. John received a B.A. degree fro...
Douglas R Henshaw is a lawyer practicing construction, land use, real estate and 5 other areas of law. Douglas received a A.B. degree from Duke Univer...
Ms. Kathleen O'Neil Currey is a lawyer practicing financial services, lending, bankruptcy and 2 other areas of law.
What is Financial Services?
Financial Services is the branch of law that governs the rights, obligations, and disputes that arise within its subject matter. In the United States, financial services sits at the intersection of statutes enacted by Congress, the regulations issued by federal agencies, the laws passed by all fifty state legislatures, and the body of judge-made decisions known as the common law. Because every state writes its own version of the rules, the way financial services works in one jurisdiction can look noticeably different from how it works in another, and that is one of the main reasons attorneys in this area focus their practice geographically — to stay fluent in the local statutes, court rules, and judicial preferences that shape outcomes.
At a practical level, Financial Services attorneys spend their time on three categories of work. The first is advice and prevention: counselling clients on how to structure transactions, draft documents, and conduct business so that legal risk is minimised before a dispute ever begins. The second is transactional execution: producing the contracts, filings, notices, and registrations that the law actually requires to make a decision legally binding. The third is contested representation: defending or pursuing a client's interests when a dispute escalates to negotiation, regulatory enforcement, arbitration, or litigation in court.
The clients who hire Financial Services lawyers range from individuals navigating a single life event to multinational corporations with complex regulatory exposure. What unifies them is the need for an experienced lawyer who knows the relevant code sections, has appeared in the relevant courts, and can translate the strategic options into language a client can act on. AttorneyQnA currently lists 3,609 verified financial services attorneys across the United States, each with a public profile showing their bar admissions, years in practice, and the kinds of matters they have handled — with the deepest concentration of practitioners in Alabama.
When do you need a Financial Services attorney?
Most people contact a financial services lawyer for one of two reasons: something is about to happen that they want done correctly the first time, or something has gone wrong and they need it fixed before it gets worse. The earlier you involve counsel, the more options you usually have, and the lower the cost of getting to a resolution tends to be. The scenarios below are the ones we see most often on AttorneyQnA from prospective clients searching for financial services representation.
Once your signature is on a contract, settlement, lease, or release, your bargaining leverage drops sharply. A short pre-signature review by a financial services lawyer is the cheapest insurance you can buy.
Cease-and-desist letters, regulatory notices, and demand letters all start clocks. Missing the response window can convert a manageable problem into a default judgment or formal enforcement action.
Statutes of limitations, filing windows, and appeal periods are jurisdictional — courts cannot extend them as a favour. If you can identify a date that matters, you need a lawyer before that date arrives.
The moment opposing counsel appears, the conversation moves out of normal English and into procedural language. Continuing unrepresented usually means losing ground you cannot recover later.
Forming an entity, choosing a venue, structuring a deal, or selecting a remedy each has long-term consequences. A consultation at the planning stage is far cheaper than redoing it after the fact.
Multi-state matters bring conflict-of-laws questions that change which statutes apply and which court has authority. An attorney licensed in the right jurisdiction is not optional.
If any of the situations above describes where you are right now, the next step is a focused consultation. Use the Ask a Lawyer tool for short written questions, or browse the 3,609 financial services attorneys listed above to book a paid consultation directly.
How to choose a Financial Services attorney
The single biggest factor in choosing a financial services lawyer is fit with your specific matter. A lawyer with twenty years of financial services experience but no exposure to your particular sub-issue can easily be a worse choice than a five-year associate who has handled the same problem repeatedly. We recommend running every prospective lawyer through the same five-step checklist before signing an engagement letter.
- Bar admission in the correct jurisdiction. Confirm the lawyer is admitted in the state — and where relevant, the federal district — where your matter sits. The lawyer's profile on AttorneyQnA shows every bar admission on file, and the underlying state bar's "lawyer lookup" tool will confirm active standing in under a minute.
- Direct experience with your fact pattern. Ask plainly: "How many matters like mine have you handled in the last three years, and how did they resolve?" An honest answer reveals more than years-in-practice alone.
- A written fee agreement. Whether hourly, flat fee, contingent, or hybrid, the engagement letter should specify what is included, what triggers additional charges, and how disputes are handled. Avoid lawyers who resist writing the terms down.
- Communication cadence. Decide upfront how often you expect updates, who your day-to-day contact will be, and what response time is reasonable. The number-one complaint filed with state bar grievance committees is not malpractice — it is non-communication.
- Conflict check + reputation pulse. Make sure the lawyer has run a formal conflict check, then spend ten minutes reading independent reviews and any public disciplinary history. The state bar's website is authoritative for the second; the lawyer's AttorneyQnA profile collects the first.
Once you have a shortlist, schedule consultations with two or three. Lawyers vary widely in temperament, and the right strategic match for your case is sometimes the second or third lawyer you meet — not the first.
How much does a Financial Services lawyer cost?
Legal fees in the United States are not regulated by a uniform schedule, so what you pay a financial services lawyer depends on the billing model the lawyer offers, the complexity of your matter, and the local market. There are four billing structures used in this practice area; most engagements use one, but hybrid arrangements are increasingly common.
1. Hourly billing
The default model for most non-contingent matters. Rates for financial services attorneys in the U.S. typically range from $150–$250/hour in smaller markets to $400–$700/hour in major metropolitan areas, with senior partners at large firms commanding $900/hour and above. Hourly billing is fairest when the scope of work is genuinely unpredictable, but it creates an incentive structure that the client has to monitor.
2. Flat fee
Increasingly used for well-defined transactions — incorporations, will drafting, single-issue filings, uncontested matters. A flat fee tells you exactly what the deliverable will cost, and the lawyer absorbs the risk of unexpected complexity. Ask whether the flat fee includes filing fees, third-party costs, and any post-filing follow-up.
3. Contingency
Where it is permitted by the rules of professional conduct — most often in plaintiff-side financial services work involving monetary recovery — the lawyer is paid a percentage of the proceeds, typically 33% before suit is filed and 40% after. The client pays nothing if there is no recovery. Contingency fees align the lawyer's economics with yours, but the percentage compounds across time, so very strong cases sometimes do better on hourly billing.
4. Retainer / subscription
A monthly fee that buys a defined block of access or hours. This is common for businesses with ongoing financial services needs — contract review, employee questions, regulatory check-ins. A subscription smooths out spending and gives the lawyer a reason to know your operation in depth.
Whichever model you choose, ask for an itemised written estimate before the engagement begins, and ask explicitly what is not covered. Surprise expenses are the most common source of attorney-client friction.
Frequently asked questions about financial services
How quickly can a financial services lawyer review my matter?
Most lawyers can schedule an initial consultation within 1–3 business days. Urgent matters — pending deadlines, time-sensitive notices, court-ordered hearings — should be flagged in your first message; many lawyers reserve emergency consultation slots for that reason. If you need a written answer faster, the Ask a Lawyer tool typically returns answers in under 24 hours.
Do I need a financial services lawyer in my exact city, or anywhere in my state?
Bar admission is the controlling rule: any attorney licensed in your state can represent you in that state's courts and agencies, regardless of which city they're based in. Practical proximity still matters for in-person meetings, local court familiarity, and access to the local bench and bar. For state-level filings and remote-friendly matters, an attorney elsewhere in the same state often works fine.
Will an initial consultation cost me anything?
Many financial services attorneys offer a free 15- to 30-minute initial consultation; others charge a flat consultation fee that may be credited against the engagement if you hire them. The lawyer's profile lists the consultation policy. Free does not always mean better — a fee-based consultation is sometimes the sign of a lawyer who treats their time, and yours, seriously.
What documents should I bring to the first meeting?
Bring every contract, notice, letter, filing, or written communication connected to the matter; a written timeline of events with dates; the names and contact details of every other party involved; and any deadlines or hearing dates you are already aware of. Even an incomplete file is more useful than a verbal summary alone.
Can I change lawyers if I am not happy with mine?
Yes. Clients can discharge their lawyer at any time, for any reason, by written notice. Your case file belongs to you and must be transferred to your new counsel. Any unpaid fees through the date of discharge remain owed; any unearned advance must be refunded. If you are mid-litigation, the court typically must approve the substitution, but approval is routine.
How long does a typical financial services matter take?
It depends almost entirely on whether the matter is transactional or contested. A transactional matter — a contract, a filing, a single-step transaction — can resolve in days to weeks. A contested matter — anything involving disputed facts, court intervention, or regulatory action — typically takes months at minimum, and complex cases can run multiple years. Your lawyer should give you a realistic outside estimate at intake.
Are financial services lawyer fees tax-deductible?
It depends on the nature of the matter and current tax law. Fees connected to producing or collecting taxable income, managing investment property, or operating a business are often deductible; fees for personal matters generally are not. Because rules change, confirm deductibility with a tax professional for the year in which the fees are paid.
What is the difference between financial services and the related practice areas?
Financial Services overlaps with several adjacent areas — see the related-practice-area grid below for direct links. Choosing the right lawyer often means picking the one whose primary focus matches the heart of your problem, even if multiple labels could technically apply. When you are unsure, list your situation in your own words to two lawyers from neighbouring areas and ask which one of them is the better fit; honest lawyers will tell you.
Find financial services attorneys by state
Each state link below opens the financial services roster for that jurisdiction, with the local statute of limitations, court-system overview, and verified attorneys.
Financial Services Law Firms
Main Law Firm
Winter Park
Walton Law Firm
San Marcos
Bruner Law Firm
Fort Walton Beach
J&Y Law Firm
Los Angeles
West Law Firm
Charleston
John T. Floyd Law Firm
Houston
Financial Services by State
All states →Find financial services attorneys in every US state. Each state link opens a hub with verified attorneys, the state filing deadline, and a free attorney match.