Profile

With more than 30 years experience in every aspect of banking regulation, David L. Glass is “an acknowledged expert in the area of commercial banking law” (In re Apponline Inc., 396 BR 602, 608 (2003)). Throughout his career, David has specialized in advising banks on regulatory matters and representing them before the federal and state regulatory authorities on matters ranging from expansion applications to enforcement and compliance issues.

Overview

With more than 30 years experience in every aspect of banking regulation, David L. Glass is “an acknowledged expert in the area of commercial banking law” (In re Apponline Inc., 396 BR 602, 608 (2003)).  Throughout his career, David has specialized in advising banks on regulatory matters and representing them before the federal and state regulatory authorities on matters ranging from expansion applications to enforcement and compliance issues. 

David also serves Australia’s Macquarie Group Ltd. as Head of Risk Management Group Legal Affairs for the Americas, in which capacity he oversees the Group’s relationships with US bank regulators and advises senior management on the structuring of its activities to meet regulatory requirements.  He was previously in law practice with a major international law firm, where he was responsible for counseling domestic and international financial institution clients on matters ranging from the structuring of financial products and expansion proposals, to regulatory compliance and enforcement actions.  David has also served as an expert witness for the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation and for several New York banks in litigations involving banking and bank regulatory matters.  In 2000, he served as a special advisor to the New York State Banking Department regarding the impact of the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act on the Department and state-chartered banks.

From 1990 to 1997 David was General Counsel of the New York Bankers Association, the trade group for New York’s banking industry, where he was responsible for helping shape the industry’s policy on federal and state banking law, worked closely with bank regulators on regulatory changes, and represented the New York banking industry in significant federal and state cases as party or amicus.  He began his career at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, where at various times he served as a staff attorney, Chief of the Credit Analysis Division, and Assistant to the President.

David is the co-author, with Carl Felsenfeld, of Banking Regulation in the United States (3^rd ed.).  He is also the editor of Savings Institutions: Mergers, Acquisitions and Conversions (Law Journal Press), the leading text in its field.  He has published and spoken extensively on bank regulatory law and related topics.  He is an adjunct professor of law at New York Law School and Pace University School of Law, where he has taught banking, international banking, payment systems and administrative law.   In 2009 he was appointed Associate Director of New York Law School’s newly-established Center on Financial Services Law, in which capacity he is assisting in the development of courses and faculty for the School’s newly-accredited LLM degree in Financial Services Law. David served as Chair of the New York State Bar Association’s Business Law Section in 2007, and is currently Chair of the Association’s Banking Law Committee and Editor-in-Chief of its Business Law Journal.  He is also a member of the Panel of Commercial Arbitrators of the American Arbitration Association. 

David was listed in 2005 in New York Super Lawyers® as being in the top five percent of banking lawyers in New York, based on peer assessments. 

Honours Achieved

• New York Super Lawyers, 01/2005-

Professional Memberships

• Chair, New York State Bar Association’s Banking Law Committee, -
• Member, American Arbitration Association, Panel of Commercial Arbitrators, -

Publications & Presentations

• Banking Regulation in the United States, 3d ed. , Juris Publishing, 11/2011

Colleges Attended

• Fordham University School of Law, J.D. ,
• Stanford University, M.B.A.,
• Amherst College, B.A.,

Languages Spoken

• English