Stanley V Ragalevsky

Practice Areas

Stanley Ragalevsky deals with the business and regulatory issues of financial institutions – capital adequacy, safety and soundness, corporate governance, holding companies, third party outsourcing and collaborations, mergers, executive employment and compensation, comprehensive management system, loan and investment issues, examination problems, bank policies, risk management issues, succession planning, financial institution insolvencies and regulatory enforcement orders. He has extensive experience in lending powers issues, loan participations, problem loans and loan workouts.

Stanley has been selected by his peers for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America© and Chambers USA in the specialty of Banking Law.

Professional Memberships

American Bar Association

Boston Bar Association

Massachusetts Bankers Association

Town of Topsfield (various town boards and commissions)

Publications

Stanley has also written over one dozen monographs, including ABA Bank Directors' Guide to Management Succession Planning, Massachusetts Bank Lending Powers Handbook, Third Party Outsourcing, Insider Lending and Proper Corporate Minutes, co-authored Asset Planning and Protection Strategies, and contributed fifteen articles to trade journals, including The Banking Law Journal, Banker & Tradesman, The National Law Journal, Community Banker and Massachusetts Banker. He also comments upon banking issues for a number of banking and business publications.

Additional publications include:

“Understanding Insider Lending and Regulation O,” (Co-author), Lorman Education Services, June 2010

“The Board’s Role in Management Succession Planning,” ABA Community Bank Directors Workshop Series, November 2008

“What is Good Corporate Governance?” (Co-author), ICBA Community Bank Director Newsletter, May/June 2006

“Bank Oversight – It’s All About Controls” (Co-author), K&LNG Alert Financial Institution Board Notes, Issue 1

“Bank Examinations and Ratings (Co-author), K&LNG Alert Financial Institution Board Notes, Issue 2

“Regulatory Enforcement Actions, K&LNG Alert Financial Institution Board Notes, Issue 3

“Historical Perspectives on the Banking System in Massachusetts (Co-author), K&LNG Alert Financial Institution Board Notes, Issue 4

“Insured in Full – The Unique Massachusetts Excess Deposit Insurance System” (Co-author), K&LNG Alert Financial Institution Board Notes, Issue 5

“Bank Holding Companies” (Co-author), K&LNG Alert Financial Institution Board Notes, Issue 6

“An Executive Compensation Roadmap” (Co-author), K&LNG Alert Financial Institution Board Notes, Issue 7

“Bank Officer Employment Agreements” (Co-author), K&LNG Alert Financial Institution Board Notes, Issue 8

“Bank Mergers – Mutual-to-Mutual Style” (Co-author), K&LNG Alert Financial Institution Board Notes, Issue 9

“Real Estate Appraisal Requirements” (Co-author), K&LNG Alert Financial Institution Board Notes, Issue 10

“Community Reinvestment Act” (Co-author), K&LNG Alert Financial Institution Board Notes, Issue 11

“What is Good Corporate Governance” (Co-author), K&LNG Alert Financial Institution Board Notes, Issue 12

“A Primer on Community Bank Risk Management” (Co-author), K&LNG Alert Financial Institution Board Notes, Issue 13

"Corporate Governance and the Community Bank," Massachusetts Banker, April 2003

"Executive Sessions: Proceed with Caution," Community Banker, March 2003

"IMLA Compliance Steps for Community Banks," Maine Association of Community Banks, December 2001

Education