Mr. Baris represents investment companies, broker-dealers, investment advisers and other financial institutions in the full spectrum of financial services regulation.  He helps clients develop new financial products that cross over banking, commodities, insurance and securities law.  Mr. Baris counsels independent directors in governance issues.  He also advises mutual funds and investment advisers in mergers and acquisitions, reorganizations, compliance, exemptive applications and innovative regulatory issues.

Mr. Baris serves as Chairman of the Subcommittee on Investment Companies and Investment Advisers.  The Subcommittee is part of the American Bar Association's Section of Business Law Committee on Federal Regulation of Securities. 

Mr. Baris also serves as a member of the Board of Advisors of The Review of Securities & Commodities Regulation.

An active speaker and writer on issues concerning investment management and the regulation of financial institutions, Mr. Baris has been published in a variety of trade and general interest publications including The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post, The Review of Securities & Commodities Regulation, Fund Action, the Review of Banking & Financial Services, and USA Today Magazine.

 

J.D., Hofstra University School of Law, 1978
B.A., Phi Beta Kappa, State University of New York at Stony Brook, 1975

District of Columbia, 1989
New Jersey, 1984
New York, 1979

U.S. Supreme Court, 1984
U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey, 1984
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, 1983
U.S. District Court, Eastern District of New York, 1979
U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York, 1979

New York State Bar Association
Chairman, Subcommittee on Investment Companies and Investment Advisers, American Bar Association, Section of Business Law, Committee on Federal Regulation of Securities
Member, Board of Advisors of The Review Of Securities & Commodities Regulation