{{Short description|American law firm}} {{Infobox Law Firm | firm_name = Buckley LLP | firm_logo =Buckley LLP Logo.gif | | headquarters = Washington, DC, United States | num_offices = 6 | num_attorneys = 160 | date_founded = March 2009 | dissolved = February 1, 2023 (merger with Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe) | company_type = Limited liability partnership | homepage = [http://www.BuckleyFirm.com www.buckleyfirm.com]}}
'''Buckley LLP''', formerly known as '''BuckleySandler''', was a financial services, criminal, and civil enforcement defense law firm which had over one hundred lawyers in different parts of the United States of America; in Washington, D.C., New York, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Chicago, and in London.<ref name="nyt">{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2014/09/25/us/navajos-to-get-554-million-to-settle-suit-against-us.html?_r=0|title=Navajos To Get $554 Million to Settle Suit Against US|work=The New York Times|date=25 September 2014 |accessdate=October 24, 2014|last1=Turkewitz |first1=Julie }}</ref> As of February 1, 2023, Buckley merged with global law firm Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe.<ref name="OrrickMerger">{{cite web |title=Orrick & Buckley Have Combined Forces |url=https://www.orrick.com/en/News/2023/02/Orrick-and-Buckley-Have-Combined-Forces |publisher=Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP |date=2023-02-01 |access-date=2025-08-09 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230201000000/https://www.orrick.com/en/News/2023/02/Orrick-and-Buckley-Have-Combined-Forces |archive-date=2023-02-01 |url-status=live }}</ref>
== History == The firm was founded in 2009 by Jeremiah Buckley and Andrew Sandler as a consumer financial services boutique law firm with 40 lawyers. In the wake of the 2008 financial crisis and the passage of the 2010 Dodd–Frank Act, the firm tripled in size to 130 attorneys by 2011.<ref name="WaPo">{{cite web | last=Becker | first=Amanda | title=BuckleySandler found its niche by refusing to play it safe | website=The Washington Post | date=March 20, 2011 | url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/capital_business/buckleysandler-found-its-niche-by-refusing-to-play-it-safe/2011/03/18/ABRDsor_story.html | access-date=May 12, 2026}}</ref> In 2019, the firm rebranded to Buckley LLP following Sandler's departure from the firm.<ref name="r251">{{cite web | title=Just Buckley: Firm Drops 'Sandler' and Revamps Leadership After Co-Founder's Exit | website=Yahoo Finance |publisher=ALM Media | date=January 17, 2019 | url=https://finance.yahoo.com/news/co-founders-exit-buckley-drops-021018897.html | access-date=May 12, 2026}}</ref> The firm focused primarily on financial services regulation, banking law, and white-collar criminal defense. The firm represented large financial institutions, government entities, and corporate clients.<ref name="nyt"/><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.law360.com/articles/496947/italy-high-court-clears-google-execs-in-video-privacy-case|title=Italy High Court Clears Google Execs in Video Privacy Case|publisher=Law360|accessdate=October 24, 2014}}</ref>
==National rankings and recognition== In 2014, Law360 named BuckleySandler a "consumer protection practice group of the year".<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.law360.com/articles/501765/consumer-protection-group-of-the-year-buckleysandler|title=Consumer Financial Protection Group of the Year: BuckleySandler|publisher=Law360|accessdate=October 24, 2014}}</ref> In 2018, ''U.S. News & World Report'' ranked BuckleySandler among the best law firms as a National Tier 1 law firm for financial services litigation and financial services regulation. It was ranked as a National Tier 2 law firm for banking and finance law.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://bestlawfirms.usnews.com/profile/buckley-sandler-llp/overview/51118|title=US News: BuckleySandler|last=|first=|date=|website=|publisher=US News|accessdate=November 19, 2018}}</ref> That year, Chambers and Partners recognized BuckleySandler with practice rankings.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://chambers.com/profile/organisation/139031?publicationTypeId=5|title=Chambers and Partners|website=chambers.com|language=en|access-date=2018-11-19}}</ref>
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