Roberto Gonzalez draws on his experience in senior legal positions in the White House Counsel’s Office, the U.S. Treasury Department, and the CFPB to help clients navigate franchise-threatening government regulatory issues; criminal, civil, and congressional investigations; sensitive internal inquiries; and crisis management situations.
Lawdragon Honors
| Honor | Year | Practice |
|---|---|---|
| The 2026 Lawdragon 500 Global Leaders in Crisis Management | 2026 | Investigations, Crisis Management, Congress |
| The 2026 Lawdragon 500 Leading Litigators in America | 2026 | White Collar, Investigations, Financial Institutions |
| The Lawdragon 500 Global Leaders in Crisis Management | 2025 | Investigations, Crisis Management, Congress |
| The 2025 Lawdragon 500 Leading Global Cyber Lawyers | 2025 | Cybersecurity, Data Protection, National Security |
| The 2025 Lawdragon 500 Leading Litigators in America | 2025 | White Collar, Investigations, Financial Institutions |
| The 2024 Lawdragon 500 Leading Global Cyber Lawyers | 2024 | Cybersecurity, Data Protection, National Security |
| The 2024 Lawdragon 500 Leading Litigators in America | 2024 | White Collar, Investigations, Financial Institutions |
Gonzalez has represented the world’s largest banks, fintech companies, investment companies, and technology companies across a range of issues. He is the co-chair of the firm’s Economic Sanctions and Anti-Money Laundering practice group and leads the firm’s consumer financial protection practice. His experience also includes export controls, data regulation, cybersecurity, and national security matters; payments and cryptocurrency; and the False Claims Act. He has represented clients in numerous investigations before the Departments of Treasury, Commerce, and Justice; various U.S. Attorney’s offices; banking agencies (including the OCC, Federal Reserve, FDIC, CFPB, and the New York DFS); the SEC and CFTC; and various congressional committees.
Gonzalez is recognized as one of the “500 Leading Lawyers in America,” “500 Leading Global Cyber Lawyers” and “500 Global Leaders in Crisis Management” by Lawdragon.
Gonzalez was a law clerk to Justice John Paul Stevens on the U.S. Supreme Court and Judge Guido Calabresi on the Second Circuit Court of Appeals
Prior to Paul, Weiss, Gonzalez served as Associate White House Counsel and Special Assistant to President Obama, where he counseled on Dodd-Frank, homeland security, congressional investigations, and a variety of sensitive internal matters. He then became a founding employee of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) and served as Principal Deputy General Counsel. In that role, he advised the Director on all rulemakings, enforcement actions, and significant supervisory matters. Gonzalez then became Deputy General Counsel of the Treasury Department, where he oversaw major litigations, congressional investigations, and sensitive internal matters and supervised over 100 lawyers in the areas of sanctions, anti-money laundering, Dodd-Frank, cybersecurity, and ethics and employment matters.