Kara Ramsey represents banks and nonbank financial services companies in a wide variety of enforcement, regulatory, and compliance matters before federal and state agencies.
Kara also regularly assists clients with their compliance efforts in a wide range of areas, including consumer financial protection, fair lending, digital banking, and Bank Secrecy Act and anti-money laundering.
Prior to joining Arnold & Porter, Kara worked as a research assistant in the Consumer Finance Section of the Federal Reserve Board. During law school, Kara interned in the Fraud Section of the U.S. Department of Justice, Criminal Division.
Perspectives
March 1, 2025
Banking on Administrative Law: How the Supreme Court’s 2023–2024 Term Affects Banks
29 N.C. Banking Inst. 44 (2025)
February 10, 2025
Three Things to Know About the New York State Department of Financial Services’ Overdraft Proposal
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Credentials
Education
- J.D., Order of the Coif, Cornell Law School, 2019
- B.S., Economics and Philosophy, summa cum laude, Tulane University, 2014
Admissions
- District of Columbia
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Government & Military Service
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Research Assistant, Federal Reserve Board of Governors, 2014-2016
Clerkships
- U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Virginia, The Honorable Robert E. Payne