Ron Glancz is the Chair of Venable's Financial Services Group.

Mr. Glancz represents financial institutions of virtually every type -- banks, savings associations, bank and thrift holding companies, insurance companies, securities firms, and credit unions - and represents companies and investors seeking to become or acquire a bank. He also represents directors and officers of financial institutions.  Mr. Glancz represented the U.S. Department of the Treasury in connection with the Capital Purchase Program.

He focuses on bank and thrift regulation, supervision and enforcement, mergers and acquisitions, new financial products and services, corporate governance, FDIC issues, and Bank Secrecy Act compliance.

Mr. Glancz is recognized for leadership in banking law by both The Best Lawyers in America and Chambers USA: America's Leading Lawyers for Business.

He served as assistant general counsel and acting deputy general counsel of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, where he also served on the U.S. Attorney General's Bank Fraud Enforcement Working Group.

Mr. Glancz was director of the Litigation Division, Office of the Comptroller of the Currency.

He was an assistant director, Civil Division, Department of Justice, where he represented the Federal Reserve, OCC, and FDIC in many of the leading banking cases.

Activities

Mr. Glancz was vice-chair of the American Bar Association's Banking Law Committee and chair of the Subcommittee on Insurance Services and vice-chair of the Audit and Examination Subcommittee.

He was chancellor of The Exchequer Club of Washington.

Mr. Glancz served on the Commission on the Prevention of Fraud of the National Association of Corporate Directors (NACD).

He is co-chair of the Annual ALI-ABA Financial Services Institute.

Mr. Glancz is past president and a current director of JFGH, a nonprofit community organization providing residential services to persons with disabilities. He also serves on the boards of several other community non-profit organizations.