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DAVID BARIS
Mr. Baris is the managing partner of the Bethesda, Maryland and Washington, D.C. offices of Kennedy & Baris, L.L.P. Before forming the firm in 1987, Mr. Baris served as Regional Counsel to the Comptroller of the Currency, Counsel to the Government Operations Committee, U.S. House of Representatives, and Counsel to Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld.
He also serves as the Executive Director of the American Association of Bank Directors. AABD provides bank directors with the resources with which to serve their institutions effectively and in a manner that will minimize risk of personal liability, and represents their interests before federal and state legislative bodies, banking supervisory agencies and judicial bodies. Mr. Baris is a past Chairman of the Financial Institutions Committee of the Republican National Lawyers Association.
Mr. Baris writes and lectures widely on banking subjects. A list of publications and speeches are available upon request.
Mr. Baris is a graduate of Brandeis University (1966) and The University of Connecticut School of Law (1970).
Mr. Baris is a member of the Maryland, Virginia (Associate Member), District of Columbia, and Connecticut Bars. He is a member of the Exchequer Club of Washington, D.C., a banking group.
Mr. Baris was a director of Mutual of Omaha Insurance Company and United of Omaha Life Insurance Company, a Fortune 500 company, from 2000 to 2004, serving on their Executive, Audit and Investment Committees.