Darrell L. Dreher
Practice Areas
- State and Federal Regulatory Matters
- Credit Card and Lending Programs
- Transactional and Business Development Matters
- Insurance and Reinsurance Matters
- Legislative Matters Involving the Regulation of Credit
- Major Acquisitions of Consumer and Credit Card Receivables
- Litigation Avoidance Strategies
Education
- The George Washington University Law School
- J.D., 1973
- Honors: Order of the Coif
- Honors: Cum Laude
- The Ohio State University
- B.A., 1966
Honors
- The Best Lawyers in America for Banking and Consumer Finance Law, Financial Services Regulation Law, and Litigation-Banking and Finance for over 20 years
- Central Ohio Lawyer of the Year (as named by Best Lawyers in America)
- Chambers USA: America's Leading Lawyers for Business for Nationwide Financial Services Regulation since 2009
- Founding Fellow, Board of Regents, American College of Consumer Financial Services Lawyers
- Ohio Super Lawyers For Banking for over 15 years
- Recognized by Top Lawyers - Columbus CEO
- U.S. News Best Law Firms Tier 1 Ranking
- Named in the 29th Edition of The Best Lawyers in America© for 2023
Bar Admission
- Ohio, 1974
- U.S. District Court Southern District of Ohio
- U.S. District Court Northern District of Ohio
- U.S. Court of Appeals 4th Circuit
- U.S. Court of Appeals 6th Circuit
Published Works
- A Call to Eliminate the APR, Consumer Financial Services Law Report, June, 2021
- Co-author, Madden v. Midland Funding: The Fall Out, CONSUMER FINANCIAL SERVICES LAW REPORT, May 2, 2017
- Emerging Trends in Preemption Impacting Interstate Lending by Federally - Regulated Financial Institutions, 60 CONSUMER FIN. L.Q. REP. 244, 2006
- Preemption Developments Impacting Interstate Lending by Federally Regulated Financial Institutions, 58 CONSUMER FIN. L.Q. REP. 8, 2004
- Common Misconceptions in Bank Interstate Credit Transactions, 56 CONSUMER FIN. L.Q. REP. 281, 2002
- Continuing Challenges to Interstate Lending by Depository Institutions, 57 BUS. LAW. 3, 2002
- Federal Savings Banks -- The Vehicle of Choice, 52 CONSUMER FIN. L.Q. REP. 407, 1998
- Developments in the Interstate Delivery of Consumer Financial Services, 50 BUS. LAW. 1093, 1995
- Developments in the Interstate Delivery of Consumer Financial Services: Location, Fees and Common Law, 49 BUS. LAW. 1325, 1994
- Interstate Delivery of Consumer Financial Services: Credit Card Issuers Win Decisions in Greenwood Trust and Related Cases, 48 BUS. LAW. 1097, 1993
- Interstate Delivery of Consumer Financial Services: Greenwood Trust Decision Rendered, 47 BUS. LAW. 1251, 1992
- Developments in the Interstate Delivery of Consumer Financial Services, 46 BUS. LAW. 1223, 1991
- Consumer Financial Services Law Report, LRP Publications, Editorial Advisor and Contributor
Professional Associations
- American Bar Association, Fellow
- Conference on Consumer Finance Law, Past Chairman, Governing Committee
- American College of Consumer Financial Services Lawyers, Member, Board of Regents
- American Financial Services Association, Law Committee, Member, Counsel to the Credit Card Committee
- American Bar Association, Section of Business Law, Member, Consumer Financial Services Committee
- American Bar Association, Interstate Delivery of Consumer Financial Services Subcommittee, Past Chairman
- Ohio State Bar Association, Member, Banking Law Committee
- Columbus Bar Association, Past Chairman, Financial Institutions Committee
- Columbus Bar Foundation, Fellow
- The George Washington University Law School, Board of Advisors
- The George Washington University Law School, Alumni Association Board of Directors
- The George Washington University Law School, Past Chairman, Board of Advisors
Classes & Seminars
- Chair, Conflicts of Interest in the Non-Litigation Context, American Bar Association, Section of Business Law Meeting, 2001
- Chair, Problems in Non-Prime Lending: Is Additional Government Regulation the Answer?, Conference on Consumer Finance Law, American Bar Association, Section of Business Law Meeting, 2000
- Consumer Credit 1998, Conference on Consumer Finance Law Seminar, 1998
- Consumer Credit 1997, Conference on Consumer Finance Law Seminar, 1997
- Chair, Interstate Acquisitions of Credit Card Receivables, American Bar Association Annual Meeting, 1990