John M. Geiringer

John is a member of the firm’s financial institutions group and heads the regulatory practice area of the group. He concentrates his practice on regulatory and corporate matters involving financial institutions.

Prior to joining the firm in 1999, John served as legal counsel for the Illinois Office of Banks and Real Estate. John’s experience there included writing legislative proposals, administrative rules, interpretive letters and policy briefings. He also prosecuted enforcement actions and gave speeches on a variety of issues regarding financial institutions law. John also obtained practical experience with respect to bank operations and compliance issues during the time he spent as a regulatory consultant with a regional accounting firm, performing compliance reviews and training for a variety of financial institutions.

John teaches banking law and regulation at Chicago-Kent College of Law's Graduate Program in Financial Services Law. He is a frequent speaker in the financial institutions area and published a chapter on regulatory enforcement actions. He is past Chairman of the Chicago Bar Association’s Financial Institutions Committee and is the Co-Editor of the two-volume edition, Advising Illinois Financial Institutions, which was most recently updated in 2006.

Representative Matters

• Regulatory Compliance
  

  Advised numerous banks regarding federal and state compliance matters involving lending, deposits and operations

• Regulatory Examinations and Enforcement Actions
  

  Assisted numerous clients regarding regulatory examination issues and negotiated over 50 enforcement actions. Represented many troubled banks regarding insolvency and potential receivership issues

Professional Activities and Honors

• Adjunct Professor of Law, Chicago-Kent College of Law on banking law and regulations
• Vice Chairman, American Bar Association Committee on Banking Law's Enforcement, Director Liability and Troubled Banks Subcommittee
• Chairman, Chicago Bar Association Financial Institutions Committee (2002-2003)
• Faculty Advisor, Illinois Bankers Association, Law & Banking Principles Class (2005-2008)

Publications

• Client Action Alert - FDIC Sweep Account Disclosure Rules Update
• Client Action Alert - FDIC Sweep Account Disclosure Rules
• Co-Editor of the two volume Advising Illinois Financial Institutions (2006)
• “Supervisory Enforcement Actions and Related Civil Liability” in IICLE’s Advising Illinois Financial Institutions (2002 and 2006 Supplement)
• “Harmonizing the Illinois and Federal Privacy Laws,” Illinois Banker (May 2001)

Events & Speaking Engagements

• “Insight on Oversight,” Bank Director Magazine's 2009 Bank Audit Committee Conference, Chicago, IL, June 2009
• Illinois Bankers Association - 2009 Compliance Conference
• Speaker, Illinois Bankers Association Bank Counsel Conference on supervision and enforcement matters
• Speaker, Treasury Management Association of Chicago meeting on financial modernization issues
• Speaker, CMC Client Conference on electronic banking issues
• Speaker, Illinois Bankers Association Women in Banking Conference on privacy issues
• Speaker, Community Bankers Association of Illinois Seminar for the Community Bank Attorney on examinations and enforcement actions
• Speaker, Illinois Bankers Association Webinar on the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act
• Panelist and commentator, Chicago Tonight television show on bank failure and privacy issues
• Speaker, Illinois Bankers Association Bank Counsel Conference on advising financial institutions in troubled times
• Speaker, Illinois Bankers Association Bank Directors Conference on director responsibilities
• Speaker, Bank Director Magazine Bank Audit Committee Conference on audit committee responsibilities
• Speaker, Chicago Bar Association Financial Institutions Committee on the Fair and Accurate Credit Transactions Act