Mr. Kurucza is nationally recognized as one of the leading experts on legal issues concerning the financial service industry and has represented a number of major banks, mutual fund complexes, thrifts, insurance companies, securities firms and financial planning firms in connection with new product and service programs and inter-industry expansion initiatives and issues arising under the federal banking and securities laws and related federal laws.

Mr. Kurucza was formerly the Director of the Securities & Corporate Practices Division of the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, Assistant Director of the Division of Investment Management for the SEC and Chief Counsel to the Pennsylvania Securities Commission. He has chaired and appeared as a speaker or commentator on numerous banking, mutual fund, savings and loan and securities law-related programs, and television shows. He is listed in The Best Lawyers in America (2007 and 2008) as a leader in the field of mutual funds law.