Bob Kurucza is a partner in Goodwin Procter’s Business Law Department and chair of its Financial Services Group. He is recognized as one of the leading experts on legal issues concerning the financial service industry.
WORK FOR CLIENTS
Mr. Kurucza has represented a number of major banks, mutual fund complexes, thrifts, insurance companies, securities firms, and financial planning firms in connection with new product and service programs and inter-industry expansion initiatives and issues arising under the federal banking and securities laws and related federal laws
PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
Mr. Kurucza is a past chairman of the American Bar Association Subcommittee on Securities Products, and was named by the American Banker as one of the 125 most influential people in Washington, D.C. with regard to financial service matters. Mr. Kurucza also served as General Counsel to the former Bank Securities Association.
MEDIA
Mr. Kurucza has chaired and appeared as a panelist on numerous banking, mutual fund and securities law programs. His many authored articles on securities, mutual fund and banking law matters have appeared in the Legal Times of Washington, American Banker, The Bank Securities Journal and various bar association publications, as well as an American Bankers Association publication, Banks and Mutual Funds. Mr. Kurucza is frequently quoted in the Wall Street Journal, American Banker and other financial publications.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Prior to joining Goodwin Procter in 2009, Mr. Kurucza was a partner in the Washington, D.C. office of Morrison & Foerster. He was formerly the Director of the Securities & Corporate Practices Division of the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, Assistant Director of the Division of Investment Management for the SEC, and Chief Counsel to the Pennsylvania Securities Commission.
BAR AND COURT ADMISSIONS
Mr. Kurucza is admitted to practice in New Jersey and Pennsylvania only. His practice is limited to federal financial institutions law before federal banking and securities agencies.
RECOGNITION
Mr. Kurucza has been selected for inclusion in Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business and The Best Lawyers in America as a leader in the fields of banking and mutual funds law.