Ronald Filler

Ronald Filler has taught several law courses related to the financial services industry at four different U.S. law schools over the past 45+ years. He currently serves, and has previously served, on several industry boards and advisory committees throughout his career.  Currently, he is a Public Representative on the Board of Directors of the National Futures Association, the derivatives industry self regulatory organization (since 2010). He has published extensively on a variety of topics facing the financial services industry including co-authoring a law treatise on "Regulation of Financial Derivative Instruments (Swaps, Options & Futures)" and an Amicus Brief filed with the U.S. Supreme Court. A list of all of his publications is set forth in his CV.  In 2022, he was inducted into the FIA Hall of Fame.  New York Law School has named an institute in his honor, the Ronald Filler Financial Services Law Institute. He has lectured extensively,  both here in the U.S. and globally, in some 300 conferences.

• Financial services law
• Securities law
• Derivatives law

• Financial services law
• Derivatives law
• Securities law
• Regulation of brokerage firms

• Georgetown University College of Law, LL.M. in Taxation, 1976
• George Washington University School of Law, JD 1973
• University of Illinois, BA in Political Science, 1970

• Adjunct Professor, University of Illinois College of Law, 2023 - 2024
• Full-Time Professor, New York Law School, 2008 - 2019
• Adjunct Professor, Chicago Kent College of Law, 1977-1992
• Adjunct Professor, Brooklyn Law School, 1993 - 1996
• Managing Director, Lehman Brothers, Inc., 1993-2008
• Partner and Member of the Executive Committee, Vedder Price, 1985 - 1993
• Managing Partner, Filler Weiner & Zaner, 1980-1985
• Associate Counsel, ContiCommodity Services, Inc., 1977-1980
• Associate, Abramson & Fox, 1976-1977
• Attorney, Securities & Exchange Commission, 1973-1976