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Attorney By Attorney Career Profiles of the Profession Who? David Roderer Deputy General Counsel droderer@ofheo.gov What? Banking, Financial Services, Capital Markets Regulation, and Administrative Law When? In the Practice Area: Since 1976 In the Legal Profession: Since 1976 Where? Employer: Office of Federal Housing Enterprise Oversight (OFHEO) http://www.ofheo.gov Size/Sector: Government City/State: Washington, D.C. Law School: George Washington University Law School (1974) Undergraduate School/Degree: University of Dayton, B.A. (1970) Why? Pluses/Challenges of Practice Area: Many opportunities to effect change and contribute to law and public policy Keeping up with rapidly changing business, legal and regulatory environments Core Skills/Key Knowledge Needed in Practice Area: Subject-matter expertise Analytical skills Communication skills Advice to Law Students/Lawyers Interested in your Practice Area: Gain basic knowledge of administrative law while in school Consider starting your career at a Federal Banking Agency (I recommend 3 to 5 years) How? Career Path to Current Position: I joined the U.S. Navy at age 17. After law school, I spent a year in private practice, moved on to do eight years with Office of Controller of the Currency and three years with Fannie Mae. Next, I went to a New York transactional practice, where I made partner, and transferred to a Washington transactional and regulatory practice. Since then, I have been named the Deputy General Counsel of the OFHED. Bar Affiliations and Activities: ABA Section and Committee Membership(s): Administrative Law and Regulatory Practice: Co-Chair for Banking & Financial Services Committee; Assistant Budget Officer Young Lawyer Division: Former Delegate Commission on Domestic Violence: Former Member Business Law Section: Business Corporation Litigation Committee Member Other Practice Area/Community Activities: Maricopa County Bar Association: Past President Recent Professional Publications: Tentative Step Toward Financial Privacy Under the Financial Services Modernization Law, www.ForecastCenter.com (1999) A Survey of Recent Bank Regulatory Developments, Annual Survey of ABA’s Section of Administrative Law and Regulatory Practice, American Univ. Law Rev. (Winter 1999) Privacy Provisions of New Financial Services Laws Likely to Ensnare the Unwary, BNA’s Banking Report (Nov. 22, 1999) State EFT Act Preempted as to National Bank ATM’s, Banking and Financial Services, Standard & Poor’s (Nov. 1999) Recent Professional Presentations: Financial Privacy: Emerging Public Policies and Protections, ABA Banking and Financial Services Committee, Administrative Law Section (Washington, D.C., Oct. 14, 1999) Role of Banks in Privatization of State-Owned Enterprises, Sponsored by the International Republican Institute and the Institute of Asian and Pacific Studies/China Judges Association of the Supreme People’s Court (Qingdao, Shandong Province, PRC, Sept. 1998) Memorable Career Moment: Lead Industry Counsel (AMICI) in several successful U.S. Supreme Court and Federal Appeals Court cases Draftsman of several banking laws Frequent commentator on banking law developments Intriguing Interests: Sinology (Chinese) studies Extensive travel Reading Photography