Background
Filler, Ronald Howard was born on April 11, 1948 in St. Louis. Son of Leon Isaac and Jeanette Frances (Sanofsky) Filler.
Filler, Ronald Howard was born on April 11, 1948 in St. Louis. Son of Leon Isaac and Jeanette Frances (Sanofsky) Filler.
University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana (Bachelor of Science, 1970). National Law Center of the George Washington University (Juris Doctor, with honors, 1973). Georgetown University Law Center (Master of Laws in Taxation, 1976).
Attorney United States Securities and Exchange Commission, Washington, 1973—1976. Associate Moses Gibbons Abramson & Fox, 1976—1977. Associate counsel ContiCommodity Services Inc., 1977—1978, director managed futures, 1978—1980.
Managing partner Filler Weiner Zaner & Associates, 1980—1985. Partner, senior futures lawyer Vedder Price Kaufman & Kammholz, 1985—1993, corporation practice leader, 1989—1991, member executive committee, 1991—1993. Managing director Capital Markets Prime Services Division, director institutional futures administration Lehman Brothers Holdings, Inc., 1993—2008.
Professor law, director Center on Finance Services Law New York Law School, since 2008. Lecturer Commodities Educational Institute, 1977—1989. Adjunct professor, law Chgo-Kent Law School, 1977—1993.
Director Commodities Law Institute, 1978—1997. Board overseers Chicago-Kentucky Law School, since 1982. Adjunct professor, law Brooklyn Law School, 1994—1996.
Vice chairman Broker Tec Clearing Corporation, 2002—2004. Board directors Clearing Corporation, 2005—2008, New York Stock Exchange LIFFE United States, since 2010.
"Bring Us Forth From The Land of Duplicative Regulation: An Appraisal of State Jurisdiction Over Commodity Pools," published in the supplement to Volume 1, 1981, Journal of Futures Markets, Fall, 1981. Co-Author: "Summary of the New United Kingdom Financial Services Act and Related Regulatory Developments," Commodities Law Letter, January-February, 1987, Volume VI, Nos. 11 and 12
"The New ‘Plan Assets’ Rule-Its Impact on Commodity Pools," Intermarket Magazine, March, 1987, Volume 4, No.3.
Member American Bar Association (chairman sub futures commission merchants 1986-1995), National Futures Association (board directors 1984-1987, since 2010), American Arbitration Association (arbitrator), Mid American Commodity Exchange (board directors 1984-1986), Chicago Bar Association (chairman commodities law committee 1981-1982, vice chairman finance and legal services committee 1988-1989, co-vice chairman large law firm committee 1991-1992), Futures Industry Association (board directors 1990-1992, executive committee Chicago division 1986-1988, executive committee Law and Company division 1985-1990, 92—, secretary 1995-1998, president 1998-2000), New York State Bar Association, Illinois State Bar Association.
Married Paula; children: Stephen Paul, Lindsay Annual.