Annual Bank Counsel Conference Held in New Orleans

The 2021 Annual Bank Counsel Conference kicked off at The Roosevelt Hotel with an opening reception on Wednesday evening, Dec. 8. Pictured above are attendees at the Thursday, Dec. 9 General Session. This year’s conference featured a hybrid option with in-person registration and a virtual audience.

(above, from left) Bill Finn of Carver, Darden, Koretzy, Tessier, Finn and Blossom, Joy Lambert Phillips of Hancock Whitney and Joe Schwertz of Carver, Darden, Koretzy, Tessier, Finn and Blossom at the Wednesday opening reception.

(above, from left) LBA General Counsel David Boneno and LBA Director of Government Relations Joe Gendron visit with Kip and Holly Bertrand of Washington State Bank.

Pictured above (from left) are Allyson Winter of Hancock Whitney and Memrie Fortenberry of Butler Snow. 

Pictured above (from left) are Patrick Willis of Baker Donelson, Dustin Alonzo of Hinshaw and Culbertson and Lauren Campisi of Hinshaw and Culbertson. 

(above) Thanks to Newman Mathis Brady and Spedale for sponsoring the conference opening reception. Pictured from Newman Mathis are (from left) Bradley Spedale, Jeffrey Toepfer, Mark Landry, Kyla Ray, Tony Maiorana, Michael Schott and Jared Gilmore.

(above) David Cromwell of Pettiette, Armand, Dunkelman, Woodley, Byrd and Cromwell, LLP, does his annual Secured Lending Update presentation. 

(above, from left) The conference featured a panel discussion on Transitioning to Electronic Loan Documents and Signatures. Panelists pictured are Gustavo Molina of Federal Home Loan Bank of Dallas, Allyson Winter of Hancock Whitney and Jeff Powell of First Horizon Bank.

(above) Rhoshunda Kelly, commissioner of Mississippi Department of Banking and Consumer Finance, speaks at the Thursday lunch sponsored by Hinshaw.

(above) Sid Seymour, chief examiner of Louisiana Office of Financial Institutions, speaks at the Thursday lunch on the status of the Louisiana banking industry.

(above) Conference attendees are pictured at the Thursday lunch sponsored by Hinshaw.

1(above, from left) Sue Rouprich of Louisiana Office of Financial Institutions, Scott Jolly of Louisiana Office of Financial Institutions and his wife Nancy, Brian Dejean of Louisiana Office of Financial Institutions and Austin Clancy of OneMain Financial visit at the Thursday cocktail reception.

(above, from left) Scott Willis of Fishman Haygood, Blake Bennett of Liskow and Lewis and LBA General Counsel David Boneno visit at the cocktail reception.

(above, from left) Thank you to Adams and Reese for sponsoring the Thursday cocktail reception. Pictured from Adams and Reese are Scott Cheatham, Charles Parrott and Robert Parrott.

(above, from left) Eric Bennett of Mississippi Banking Association and Craig Landrum of Jones Walker present the Mississippi Banking Update session on Friday morning.

(above) Anand Raman from Skadden in Washington presents on Fair Lending.

(above) Peter Ricchiuti of Tulane University speaks to the group at the Friday Lunch sponsored by Fenimore Kay Harrison.

(above, from left) The General Counsel Panel Discussion was held Friday afternoon. Pictured are Jennifer O’Neal of First Horizon Bank, Amanda Barnett of Red River Bank, Tom Hudson of BankPlus and Lillous Shoemaker of Magnolia State Bank. Pictured standing is Rob Worley of Jones Walker.