Clinton Rockwell is the Managing Partner of Buckley LLP’s Los Angeles and San Francisco offices. He advises a variety of clients on consumer financial services matters, including private equity, banks, mortgage companies, fintech lenders, auto lenders, commercial lenders, secondary market loan purchasers, and securities broker-dealers, regarding regulatory, licensing, compliance, and transactional matters on a nationwide basis. His work also includes advising on California-specific lending matters, including the California Finance Lender Law, among other California lending laws.
Mr. Rockwell was selected for inclusion in Chambers USA (2010-2020), where he is currently ranked in Financial Services Regulation: Consumer Finance (Compliance), and was described as "very adept at seeing legal issues from a business perspective and very good at protecting the interests of his client … a phenomenal lawyer." He is a member of the American Bar Association Consumer Financial Services Committee, the University of London Post Graduate Law Society, and the Bentham Society at University College London.
Mr. Rockwell was one of the original members of Buckley Kolar LLP, joining the firm as an Associate at its formation in January 2004. Prior to joining Buckley, he was with Goodwin Procter LLP in Washington, D.C. He received his LL.M. from University College London, his J.D. from the George Washington University, and his B.A. from the University of California, San Diego.