Richard West

Richard is General Counsel and Chief Compliance Officer (CCO) of Snowden Lane. He has more than 20 years of broad legal and regulatory compliance experience. He was General Counsel of Aritas Group, Inc. and as CCO of its broker-dealer subsidiaries, responsible for all legal and regulatory affairs of the company.

Prior to Aritas, Richard was General Counsel, CCO, and a member of the Board of Directors of SecondMarket, Inc. He also served as General Counsel and CCO of The National Research Exchange, Inc.

Richard graduated with a J.D. from Loyola University School of Law and a B.A. degree from Tulane University. He is admitted to the bar in New York and England & Wales. He holds Series 7, 24, 55, 63, 79, and 99 registrations. Richard and his wife, Courtney, have three children and reside in Darien, CT.