Troutman Pepper Locke LLP

Troutman Pepper Locke LLP offers decades of experience in navigating state attorneys general relationships, representing an array of clients across key industry sectors including financial services, telecoms, tech, healthcare, and tobacco in investigations and enforcement actions. Regulatory interest in advertising and marketing practices, privacy and data security, consumer lending, product safety, and environmental protection count among the team’s range of expertise. The practice is led by Richmond-based Ashley Taylor, a regulatory and enforcement specialist with a focus on consumer protection, marketing and advertising representations, statutory disclosures, unfair or deceptive acts, and data security, alongside Orange County’s Clayton Friedman, who represents companies in highly regulated industries in matters involving advertising, marketing, consumer finance, and privacy, and Stephen Piepgrass, also in Richmond, who is particularly sought after for investigations and litigation. In Orange County, Michael Yaghi draws on extensive litigation experience in supporting on regulatory enforcement and investigations into advertising and sales practices, and consumer protection issues, while Richmond’s Ryan Strasser represents and counsels c-suite executives and inhouse counsel at Fortune 500 companies facing regulatory investigations. Former Virginia attorney general Judith Jagdmann, who joined the Richmond office in April 2023 from the Virginia State Corporation Commission, is well-versed in multistate enforcement actions.