O’Melveny Worldwide

Danielle Morris counsels banks and other non-bank financial services providers with respect to their most strictly scrutinized practices. Danielle guides banks through process overhauls, risk assessments, and internal as well as external-facing compliance reviews with respect to various consumer financial products, including deposit products and mortgage loans, with particular expertise in the intersection between consumer bankruptcy and financial products.

Danielle defends her financial institution clients in regulatory enforcement actions brought by the CFPB, FTC, OCC, FRB, FDIC, HUD, FHA, and state financial regulators, among others. She also leads clients through regulatory exams, builds compliance programs and leads consumer remediation efforts for financial institutions.

Danielle litigates her clients’ most escalated and novel consumer litigation. She believes it is critical that regulatory and compliance legal advisors of regulated financial institutions have firsthand experience with the potential litigation impact of their clients’ practices, as well as extensive knowledge of their clients’ business operations and their regulators’ views and approaches. Danielle serves her clients with a deep understanding not only of their industries, but also of their institutions’ specific goals, strategies, and initiatives.

Get to Know Danielle

Get to Know Danielle

Regulatory Compliance Advice & Enforcement

  • Managed regulatory investigations and enforcement actions relating to consumer products by the CFPB, HUD, DOJ, House Financial Services Committee, among others, and managed Paycheck Protection Program implementation and compliance during two-year secondment in-house at large national bank

Litigation

  • Obtained dismissal of multiple California Invasion of Privacy Act class actions relating to biometric identification and chat bot technology

Admissions

Bar Admissions

  • California

Court Admissions

  • US Court of Appeals for the Second, Seventh, Ninth and Eleventh Circuits

Education

  • University of Nevada at Las Vegas, J.D.: summa cum laude; Valedictorian; Recipient, James E. Rogers Award for Outstanding Scholastic Achievement; Moot Court Executive Board Member; Moot Court Best Brief Award; Moot Court Best Oralist Award; Symposium Editor, Nevada Law Journal
  • University of Nevada at Las Vegas, B.S., Hotel Administration, concentration in Entertainment Management

Honors & Awards

  • Recommended by The Legal 500 US in the category of Financial Services Litigation (2018-2022)
  • Named a “Rising Star” in a survey conducted by Law & Politics Media Inc. and published in Los Angeles magazine and the Southern California edition of Super Lawyers (2012-2020)

Professional Activities

Internship

  • Honorable Jay S. Bybee, US Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit

Externship

  • Honorable Roger L. Hunt, US District Court, District of Nevada

Co-Author

  • “Defending Against Unfairness Claims Disguised As Consumer Fraud Theories: Lessons For Practice,” Inside the Minds: Mortgage and Finance Fraud Litigation Strategies, 2014 ed. (with Elizabeth McKeen and Carmen Ramirez)

Speaker

  • “Fundamentals of Consumer Arbitration and Class Actions,” PLI’s Consumer Financial Services Fundamentals (March 2024)