Riley W.Walters

Associate

Washington + 1.202.879.3663

Riley Walters focuses his practice on high-stakes constitutional, regulatory, and political litigation and on providing strategic advice to clients navigating complex statutory and regulatory schemes. He has drafted briefs at the trial and appellate stages in federal and state courts.

Before joining Jones Day, Riley served as a law clerk to Judge Carl J. Nichols on the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia and to Judge James C. Ho on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit.

Experience

  • Financial institutions support challenge to CFPB's Supervision and Examination ManualJones Day represented the Bank Policy Institute, America's Credit Unions, and the American Financial Services Association in filing an amicus brief in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit supporting the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and the American Bankers Association's challenge to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's (CFPB) 2022 revisions to its Supervision and Examination Manual.
  • Salvadoran woman fleeing domestic violence obtains remand to Board of Immigration AppealsJones Day recently obtained a remand of a Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA) decision upholding a final order of removal against Amalia de Jesus Gomez-Arriola.
  • Former New York Superintendent of Insurance files amicus curiae brief in First Amendment caseJones Day filed an amicus curiae brief in the U.S. Supreme Court on behalf of James P. Corcoran, the former New York State Superintendent of Insurance, in a First Amendment challenge to alleged conduct by the former Superintendent of the New York Department of Financial Services.