Ronald S. Canter established The Law Offices of Ronald S. Canter, LLC in 2008. Mr. Canter has been engaged in the private practice of law since 1980. He is a recognized authority on creditor rights and the regulation of collection practices. He has represented creditors, attorneys and collection agencies in complex litigation including class action defense in both Federal and state courts.
Mr. Canter has successfully defended lawsuits and prosecuted appeals before state and federal courts on significant issues involving the credit and collection industry. He appeared, as counsel of record, for the National Creditors Bar Association (NCBA) in Heintz v. Jenkins, the first Fair Debt Collection Practices case to reach the Supreme Court.
Mr. Canter has been qualified as an expert witness by several judges in areas including creditor rights, compliance duties of creditors, and the obligations of creditor rights attorneys.
Mr. Canter’s experience has earned him an “AV” rating from Martindale Hubbell’s Judicial Edition. Mr. Canter is also recognized as a “Super Lawyer.”
- Maryland
- Florida
- Virginia
- Pennsylvania
- District of Columbia
- U.S. Supreme Court
- 1st Circuit
- 2nd Circuit
- 3rd Circuit
- 4th Circuit
- 7th Circuit
- 9th Circuit
- D.C. Circuit
- Maryland
- Florida (ND, MD, SD)
- Virginia (ED, WD)
- Pennsylvania (ED, MD, WD)
- District of Columbia
- Connecticut
- Michigan (ED, ND)
- Wisconsin (ED)
- Maryland State Bar Association (Board of Governors 2020 – Present)
- Montgomery County Bar Association (Treasurer 2015 – 2016, Chair, Fee Dispute Resolution Committee for six years)
- National Creditors Bar Association (Three Term Member, Board of Directors)
- ACA International (Member Legislative Committee, 1997 – 1999)
- RMAI, (Member Education Committee, 2014 – 2015, Member Legislative Committee, 2018 – Present)
- Lecturer on creditor rights several times each year to Bar Associations and trade groups
- Invited speaker on creditor rights issues at Maryland Judicial College, 1989, 1996, 2012, 2016, 2019
- Lecturer, University of Maryland, 1995 – 2005
Adjunct Professor, University of Baltimore School of Law, 2005 – 2007
- B.A., University of Maryland (1974)
- J.D., University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law (1979)
- 20th Annual Professionalism Award from Bar Association of Montgomery County, Maryland, 2009
- Recipient of Pro Bono Award from Bar Association of Montgomery County, Maryland, 2007