Leslee Byron.

Leslee Byron is a Florida attorney and the founder of Byron Law PLLC. She brings more than 20 years of financial services experience to her work in anti-money laundering (AML) and financial crimes. Her background spans financial investigations, compliance, regulatory review, and legal analysis.

Before founding Byron Law, Leslee held roles involving transaction review, risk analysis, and regulatory matters. Her career has included work associated with Bank of America, Merrill Lynch, BNY Mellon, Deutsche Bank, JPMorgan, and Morgan Stanley. She has also worked on complex financial investigations and matters involving grand jury subpoenas.

Leslee’s AML experience covers several stages of casework, from reviewing transaction alerts and investigating unusual activity to writing and reviewing suspicious activity reports. Her quality assurance experience includes checking case files for completeness and consistency and evaluating whether the documented findings support the conclusion.

Leslee earned her Juris Doctor from Florida Coastal School of Law and completed advanced studies at Harvard Law School. She is a member of The Florida Bar.

What does Leslee’s AML experience cover?

Leslee’s experience includes reviewing transaction alerts in the context of account history, investigating potentially suspicious activity, and documenting the facts that support an investigative decision. She also has experience preparing and reviewing suspicious activity reports and evaluating the quality of AML case files.