Ms. McGrail’s practice focuses on serving financial services firms and public companies facing civil litigation and regulatory enforcement matters, as well as counseling clients on compliance with industry regulations. A significant portion of Ms. McGrail’s practice has been dedicated to counseling and defending broker-dealers and investment advisors. She has experience in matters involving equity, fixed income, and derivative trading; broker/dealer and investment adviser compliance system design and review; fiduciary investment issues; regulatory registration issues; transactional disclosure issues; cybersecurity compliance; employing big data analytics, and litigation in federal and state courts, administrative proceedings, disciplinary hearings and arbitrations. She handles all stages of complex commercial litigation, from pre-suit investigations and counseling to motions practice, discovery and trial.
Ms. McGrail has also defended mortgage originators and residential mortgage backed securities sponsors in litigation and government investigation spawned by the 2008 financial crisis. She was a member of a team that had numerous big wins, including the dismissal of monoline bond insurer plaintiffs from a $1.8B lawsuit, favorable settlements, and protection of sensitive client information in discovery.
Ms. McGrail is the firm’s Chief Diversity and Inclusion Officer, where she is charged with attracting, retaining, and championing top-flight, diverse, legal talent. She is also the founder of the firm’s Women’s Initiative and hosts, sponsors, and participates in several efforts that advance the development of women in law.