Education
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Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law, J.D., magna cum laude
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New York University, B.F.A.
Bar Admissions
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District of Columbia
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California
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Carolyn Walsh has particular expertise in financial market and product regulation, including regulatory initiatives occurring as a result of the Dodd-Frank Act. Ms. Walsh focuses her practice on regulatory efforts at the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), the Federal Reserve, the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA), the Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board (MSRB), the U.S. Treasury Department and other agencies that promulgate and implement Dodd-Frank Act regulation.
Before joining Patton Boggs, Ms. Walsh served as deputy general counsel for the ABA Securities Association (ABASA) and as a vice president and senior counsel for the American Bankers Association (ABA). While there, Ms. Walsh worked as an advocate for the banking industry before Congress and industry regulators, including the SEC, CFTC, FINRA and the MSRB. She led the industry’s lobbying efforts on several capital market provisions included in the Dodd-Frank Act.
As vice president and senior counsel for the ABA, Ms. Walsh successfully promoted industry positions and interests regarding brokerage, asset management, investment and corporate governance activities on behalf of association members, and managed its SEC and Corporate Governance Committee. Prior to her work with the ABA, Ms. Walsh served as the senior associate general counsel for the MSRB where she effectively implemented regulatory policy and industry initiatives through rule writing, advocacy and interpretation.
Early in her career, Ms. Walsh investigated financial fraud and insider trading for the SEC, and went on to defend clients in SEC investigations, including pay-to-play, municipal disclosure and market manipulation investigations at Crowell & Moring LLP and Jones, Day, Reavis & Pogue.
Professional Affiliations:
- American Bar Association
- District of Columbia Bar Association
- California Bar Association
- Women in Housing and Finance
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