2024 Annual Bank Counsel Conference Held
(above) The 2024 Annual Bank Counsel Conference, held at The Westin Hotel in New Orleans, kicks off with a General Session on Thursday, Dec. 12.
(above, from left) Chief Judge John Hodge of the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Western District of Louisiana, Chip Naus of Wiener, Weiss and Madison and Brad Drell of Gold Weams present the Bankruptcy Update session to close out the conference.
(above, from left) Geoffrey Kay and Stephanie Kalahurka, both of Fenimore Kay Harrison LLP, present Managing Challenges with Third Party Providers, Corporate Governance and Liquidity.
(above) Jonathan Gould of Jones Day presents the Developments in Preemption session.
(above, from left) Stephen Sepinuck of Vanderbilt Law School and Steve Weise of Proskauer Rose LLP present a session on Commercial Law Developments.
(above) Skip Philips of Taylor Porter presents the session on Professionalism.
(above) Blake Earley of American Bankers Association presents Federal Banking Update session.
(above) LBA CEO Ginger Laurent welcomes the group on the second day of the conference.
(above, from left) David Cromwell of Pettiette, Armand, et al., Sue Rouprich of Louisiana Office of Financial Institutions and Hank Arnold of Baker Donelson visit during the Thursday cocktail reception.
(above) Thursday sessions concluded with a second line band leading guests to the cocktail reception.
(above, from left) Anthony Pardal of American Bankers Association, Kenneth Pratt of Florida Bankers Association, Anthony DiMarco of Florida Bankers Association and Amy Heaslet of Tennessee Bankers Association serve as panelists for the State Legislative Hot Button Issues session. LBA Director of Government Relations Joe Gendron moderated the panel.
(above) Pat Huttenbach of Crain Caton and James presents Bank Fraud and Payment Fraud session.
(above) David Cromwell of Pettiette, Armand, et al., presents Louisiana Secured Lending Update.
(above) Kevin O’Brien of King and Spalding presents National Survey of Recent Secured Lending Cases.
(above, from left) LBA General Counsel David Boneno presents Joy Lambert Phillips of Hancock Whitney Bank with an LBA Service award for her 40 years of serving the banking industry during the Thursday lunch.
(above) Kathy Kraninger of Florida Bankers Association was the Thursday lunch speaker. Kraninger is a former director at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.
(above) Attendees at the Thursday lunch, which was sponsored by Stone Pigman Walther Wittman.
(above, from lef) Margaret Manning and Rick Stanley, both of Stanley Reuter Alford Munson & Paul, are pictured leading the session on Ethics.
(above, from left) DeMarion Johnston of Virginia Bankers Association, Eric Bennett of Mississippi Bankers Association, Rob Carothers of Jones Walker in Mobile and Nathan Batts of North Carolina Bankers Association present their respective state legislative update sessions.
(above from left) Tim Schenk of Kentucky Bankers Association, Amy Heaslet of Tennessee Bankers Association and Kenneth Pratt and Anthony DiMarco, both of Florida Bankers Association, present their respective State Legislative updates. Standing is Justin Allen of Wright Lindsey Jennings covered the Arkansas update.
(above) LBA General Counsel David Boneno presents the Louisiana State Legislative Update.
(above, from left) Mike G. Silver and Chris Friedman, both of Husch Blackwell, present the opening session on Loper-Bright and Its Impact on the Banking Industry.
(above) LBA Bank Counsel Committee Chairman Chip Naus of Weiner, Weiss and Madison starts the conference with welcome and introductory remarks.
(above) Wednesday's Welcome Reception
(above, from left) Chip Naus of Weiner, Weiss and Madison, LBA General Counsel David Boneno, Derek Dees of Origin Bank and Kristina Cunningham of Origin Bank
(above, from left) James Mixon of Mixon, Carroll and Frazier and Kevin O’Brien of King and Spalding
(above, from left) LBA General Counsel David Boneno is pictured with Mark Landry of Newman, Mathis, Brady and Spedale, one of the Welcome Reception sponsors.
(above, from left) LBA General Counsel David Boneno is pictured with Hank Arnold and Patrick Willis, both of Baker Donelson, one of the Welcome Reception sponsors.
(above) Women in Law Roundtable Discussion held as the opening event of the conference.