Rahl, Christopher R.

Chris finds legal solutions for financial, FinTech 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 Financial Services Practice. He advises providers of consumer financial services and health care services concerning compliance with federal and state law; transactional matters; corporate governance; and litigation avoidance and management. Chris helps clients with:

Federal and state deposit and lending regulatory compliance
Licensing requirements and applications
Negotiation of vendor agreements
Marketing compliance
New product structure and documentation
Development of on-line policies (terms of use and privacy policies) and on-line application portals
Business entity choice, entity formation, and preparation of corporate documents
Physician employment/independent contractor arrangements
Federal and state health care self-referral and anti-kickback compliance
Development of health care management structures
HIPAA compliance
Data breach responses
Negotiation of lease agreements
E-Sign disclosures/compliance

He focuses on helping clients manage risk and identify and implement proactive solutions to complex problems and advance business goals. Chris has extensive in-house counsel experience; previously serving as general counsel for an enterprise holding company and subsidiaries in the debt relief industry, and as corporate counsel for two large regional financial institutions.

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

Honors

AV^®Preeminent™ Rating in Martindale-Hubbell

Recipient of the 2018 The Daily Record Leadership in Law Award

Recipient of the Lexology 2016 Client Choice Award

Professional and Civic Involvement

Adjunct Professor, University of Baltimore School of Law (Fall 2017, Spring 2018)

Board Member, Maryland Volunteer Lawyers Service; Co-Chair, Advisory Board; Past President

Board Member, St. Ignatius Loyola Academy

Member, Maryland State Bar Association

Member, American Bar Association

Publications and Lectures

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

Christopher R. Rahl, Member

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