Christopher R. Rahl, Member

Contact

crahl@gfrlaw.com
410-576-4222
410-576-4196 (fax)

Teams

EMERGE
Financial Services
Health Care
Mergers & Acquisitions
Technology & Intellectual Property

Chris finds legal solutions for financial, health care and emerging businesses.

Chris is courteous, professional, timely & meticulous...I can think of no other attorney I'd want in my corner.

-Keith R.

Chris is Chair of the firm's Financial Services practice group and a member of the following teams: Financial Services, Health Care and EMERGE.

He is a trusted advisor who serves as outside general counsel to several highly regulated enterprises. To that end, Chris helps clients manage risk and identify and implement proactive solutions to complex problems.

Chris has extensive in-house counsel experience that includes having served as general counsel for an enterprise holding company and its subsidiaries and as corporate counsel in the financial services industry. His familiarity with the challenges and demands of the in-house counsel role uniquely positions him to help companies develop and implement creative strategies to reach their business goals efficiently and effectively.

Chris helps clients with:

After graduating from the University of Baltimore School of Law in 1996, Chris served as a Clerk for the Hon. Joseph F. Murphy, Jr., then-Chief Judge of the Court of Special Appeals of Maryland.

Chris is the co-author of an ongoing series covering activities identified as unfair, deceptive or abusive acts or practices (UDAAPs) by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, state attorneys general and consumer financial services regulators using federal UDAAP powers created by the Dodd-Frank Act.

Honors

AV® Preeminent™ Rating in Martindale-Hubbell

Named to The Best Lawyers in America® for Banking and Finance Law and Financial Services Regulation Law, 2021 and 2022

Recipient, Leadership in Law Award, The Daily Record, 2018

Recipient, Lexology Client Choice Award, 2016

Professional and Civic Involvement

Volunteer of the Month, Maryland Volunteer Lawyers Service (MVLS), November 2021

Adjunct Professor, University of Baltimore School of Law

Board Member, St. Ignatius Loyola Academy

Member, Maryland State Bar Association; Co-Chair, Consumer Credit/Financial Institutions Committee

Member, American Bar Association

Past Chair, Board Member, MVLS; Past President; Co-Chair, Advisory Board

Publications and Lectures

Presenter, Mid Atlantic Regulatory Committee Quarterly Meeting, May 20, 2022

Co-author, "Reading the Tea Leaves: UDAAP Data, Trends, and Predictions," American Bar Association (ABA), Consumer Financial Services Committee Newsletter, September 2021

Webinar co-presenter, “Spotting UDAAP Trends: Reading the Tea Leaves of Recent CFPB Enforcement Activity,” ABA, August 2021

Presenter, Mid Atlantic Regulatory Committee Lunch Meeting, May 15, 2020

Practical Law Finance Thomson Reuters - Consumer Financial Regulation: Maryland

Links

Maryland Legal Alert
FinTech

Education

J.D., University of Baltimore School of Law, 1996
B.A., University of Maryland, Baltimore County, 1991

Court Admissions

U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland
Court of Appeals of Maryland

Bar Admissions

Maryland, 1996