Roberta G. Torian
Partner
rtorian@reedsmith.com
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Roberta is a partner in Reed Smith's Financial Industry Group. Roberta is one of the most experienced bank regulatory and consumer compliance lawyers in the country, having many years of in-house service at PNC, Mellon and Advanta. Her practice focuses on banking law specialties such as OFAC/Bank Secrecy Act; GLBA; FACT ACT/Privacy; Information sharing; Internet banking; Fair Credit Reporting Act; Fair Debt Collection Practices Act; Electronic Banking; credit card law; cash management and merchant bank processing; deposit account products; bank mergers and acquisitions; and much more. Roberta is currently supporting Reed Smith's financial services litigators with substantive banking law analysis, and she works with the IP, Tech & Data team on privacy issues in the financial industry. Roberta is a former member of the firm's Executive Committee and was the Fixed Share Partner Observer in 2015.
Awards & Recognition
- Named a 2018 Client Choice Award winner by International Law Office (ILO) and Lexology
- Selected a 2017 Woman Worth Watching® by Profiles in Diversity Journal
- Selected for the 2014 Minority Business Leader Award by the Philadelphia Business Journal
- Fellow, the American College of Consumer Financial Services Lawyers
- PNC Bank Performance Award nominee (1999, 2000, 2003, 2006)
- Who's Who in American Law, 7th Edition
- Selected for and participated in People to People Lawyer's Delegation to Scandinavia and Russia
Notable Quotes
- 12 August 2016 "The 5 Worst Mistakes That New GCs Make" Law360
- 1 October 2014 "Apple's Move Into Mobile Payments Fuels Debate on Need for Regulation" Bloomberg BNA Electronic Commerce and Law Report
- 28 February 2013 "CFPB Casts Wide Net In Enforcement Shift" Law360
- 26 February 2013 "High Court Ruling May Curb Debt Collection Lawsuits" Law360