Rich has over thirty years of experience representing equipment finance and leasing companies and commercial banks in all aspects of financing transactions, including lease financing of equipment through true leases, leases for security and synthetic leases, secured and unsecured lines of credit, term loans, demand loans, letters of credit, asset-based lending, commercial and residential real estate loans, including acquisition, development and construction financing, multi-state transactions, all aspects of public financing (including municipal lease financing), multi-party transactions, workouts and restructurings; the syndication of those transactions through assignment or the sale of participation interests; and preparation and negotiation of all relevant documentation.

Court of Appeals of Maryland

United States District Court for the District of Maryland

Vanderbilt University School of Law, J.D., 1971

The Johns Hopkins University, B.A., 1968

American Bar Association

Baltimore City Bar Association

Maryland State Bar Association

Contributed to Annual U.C.C. Survey published in The Business Lawyer and various other commercial law periodicals

Rich is a frequent speaker at commercial finance conferences, including the Association for Government Leasing and Financing. He has participated in numerous other seminars and training sessions for both lawyers and bankers dealing with various aspects of commercial finance law, including the preparation and negotiation of lease and loan documents, environmental law problems, opinion letters, title insurance questions and lender liability issues.

Captain, U.S. Army, Transportation Corps, Active Duty at Ft. Eustis, Virginia