Jacob "Jake" A. Lutz III

Jacob A. Lutz III (“Jake”) is a partner in the Richmond, Virginia office of the law firm of Troutman Sanders LLP. He chairs the firm’s Financial Institutions Practice Group firm wide. He practices principally in the area of financial institutions, mergers, acquisitions and business ventures, securities and corporate governance, and international matters.

Mr. Lutz is a 1978 graduate of Virginia Tech with a B.S. in finance (with distinction, Phi Kappa Phi, Beta Gamma Sigma) and a 1981 graduate of the School of Law at the College of William and Mary. He is recognized in Best Lawyers in America in Banking, as a Virginia Super Lawyer, as a Top Lawyer in America, and in Who’s Who Legal, USA. He is a Fellow of the American Bar Foundation. He also serves on the Board of Directors and as Vice Chair for North America of TerraLex, an international network of law firms.

Mr. Lutz served on the Virginia Tech Board of Visitors from 2000 – 2008, including as Rector (2006 – 2008) and Vice Rector (2004 – 2006). He was Chair of the Virginia Bioinformatics Institute Policy Advisory Board (2002 – 2006). He presently serves as a member of the Board of Directors, Virginia Tech Foundation, Inc. and the Board of Advisors for the Center of Banking Law and Finance at the University of North Carolina School of Law.