Over 45 years’ experience representing banks and financial institutions in a wide variety of business and regulatory matters including compliance, fair lending, regulatory enforcement actions, bank products and services, bank formation, mergers and acquisitions, and commercial and real estate finance transactions.
Overview
Over 45 years’ experience representing banks and financial institutions in a wide variety of business and regulatory matters including compliance, fair lending, regulatory enforcement actions, bank products and services, bank formation, mergers and acquisitions, and commercial and real estate finance transactions.
Experience
- Former General Counsel for a regional bank and bank holding company.
Distinctions
- Martindale-Hubbell®
- AV®-Preeminent™ Peer Review Rated
- BL Rankings, Best Lawyers in America®,
- Banking and Finance Law, 2006-2026
- Commercial Finance Law, 2015-2024
- Consumer Law, 2016-2024
- Financial Services Regulation Law, 2011-2024
- Lawyer of the Year, Banking and Finance Law, 2018
- Lawyer of the Year, Commercial Finance Law, 2017, 2024
- Lawyer of the Year, Financial Services Regulation Law, 2015, 2021
- Chambers USA, America's Leading Lawyers for Business
- Corporate/Commercial: Banking & Finance (Mississippi), 2014-2025
- Mississippi Bar Foundation, Fellow
- Thomson Reuters Super Lawyers®
- Banking, 2011-2013
- Mississippi Bar, Distinguished Service Award, 2007
Bar Admissions
- Mississippi, 1978
Education
- University of Mississippi, J.D., 1978
- University of Mississippi, B.A., Political Science, with distinction, 1975
Associations
- American Bar Association
- Business Law Section
- Consumer Financial Services Committee
- Banking Law Committee
- Business Law Section
- Mississippi Bar
- Business Law Section
- Capital Area Bar Association
Papers, Presentations & Publications
- Speaker, “Mississippi’s New Construction Lien Laws,” Mississippi Bar Business Law Section Annual Meeting, June 2014.
- Speaker, "Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act," Mississippi Bankers Association CEO/Executive Management Conference, August 2010.
- "Mississippi Supreme Court Issues Important Decision Regarding Enforcement of Arbitration Agreements," High Points, September 2007.
- Contributor, Compliance Officers Management Manual, Real Estate Lending Compliance Manual, and Regulatory Compliance Certification Manual, Sheshunoff Information Services.
- "Sureties, Guarantors and Accommodations Parties," Mississippi Law Institute, 1987.
- Contributor, "A Guide to Women’s Legal Rights in Mississippi," Mississippi Bar, 1993.