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Danielle D'Onfro

Lecturer in Law

Washington University Law School

Danielle D’Onfro is a Lecturer in Law. She is an expert in the regulation of debt markets and consumer financial services. Her research focuses on the intersection of corporate law, financial markets, and property theory. 

Prior to joining Washington University School of Law, Danielle was a senior associate at WilmerHale, where her practice focused on debt markets, insolvency, and regulatory compliance. Danielle has shepherded both large and emerging companies through debt financing and litigated the fraudulent transfer cases that inevitably arise when leveraged companies fail. She has extensive experience advising corporations in compliance matters at all stages of their operations—from multinational financing deals under competing risk regulatory regimes to the policies and procedures required for interacting with consumers in our increasingly complicated regulatory environment. She has also fought regulatory overreach both in negotiations with regulators and in court. On behalf of the Loan Syndicated Trading Association, she helped spearhead the response of the leveraged loan industry to the American Bankruptcy Institute’s Commission to Study the Reform of Chapter 11.

Danielle has a B.A., magna cum laude, in classics from Columbia College at Columbia University. She earned her J.D., cum laude, from Harvard Law School where she was a research and teaching assistant for then-Professor Elizabeth Warren and an early volunteer for the Congressional Oversight Panel overseeing the Troubled Asset Relief Program. During law school, she also worked for Public Citizen Litigation Group and for the Federal Trade Commission’s Bureau of Consumer Protection. Before entering private practice, she served as a law clerk for the Hon. Allyson Duncan of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit.

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Controlling Our Losses

10/24/18  //  Commentary

While bleak, planning to lose is not about conceding defeat. It’s about laying the groundwork for a brighter future and avoiding precedential barriers to that future.

Danielle D'Onfro

Washington University Law School

DeVos Gives Accountability the Boot

4/14/17  //  Commentary

Education Secretary Betsy DeDos has jettisoned memos that hold student loan services accountable for past performance. That hurts everyone except her buddies in the loan servicing industry.

Danielle D'Onfro

Washington University Law School

That Time When Republicans Re-Regulated Retirement Savings

4/11/17  //  In-Depth Analysis

Congressional Republicans care about one thing far more than their professed values and far more than the American people they claim to represent: protecting the financial services industry. This was recently made clear when they undid two key DOL rules.

Danielle D'Onfro

Washington University Law School

The Fiduciary Rule: Triaging Quality for “Access” and Small Business at All Costs

3/28/17  //  In-Depth Analysis

Ultimately, this Administration’s re-examination of the Obama-era Department of Labor fiduciary rule looks like little more than a gift to the retirement services industry at the expense of workers and retirees.

Danielle D'Onfro

Washington University Law School