Jonathan serves as counsel in the firm’s Financial Industry Group. His practice focuses on providing regulatory and compliance advice to banks and financial services companies.
Throughout his career, Jonathan has advised banks, thrifts, mortgage bankers and other providers of financial services, as well as their directors and officers, on the full range of banking issues, prepared charter, branch and licensing applications, managed mergers and acquisitions, and developed financial compliance programs.
Jonathan began his career with the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) where he served as Senior Attorney for twelve years. His responsibilities included drafting national bank regulations and interpretations, developing major banking legislation, preparing Congressional testimony, and evaluating the effectiveness of the comprehensive national bank regulatory framework. Jonathan also participated on numerous joint task forces, representing the OCC alongside officials from the Federal Reserve Board, the FDIC and other financial supervisory agencies. In addition to having previously been a Reed Smith partner for over a decade, he has served banks as in-house compliance officer and regulatory counsel and practiced on his own.
Jonathan has written numerous banking articles, has spoken regularly before banking and professional organizations, and has been a visiting lecturer at the University of Pennsylvania. He is the author of several books, including The Guide to National Banking Law, published by McGraw-Hill.
Jonathan is an active member of the American Bar Association Banking Law Committee, having held a number of leadership positions. He has served as a Trustee of the Jewish Federation of Greater Philadelphia and president of the Central Agency for Jewish Education.
