JBBG announces the addition of attorney Lyn Gunter Schroeder to the Firm’s Financial Institutions practice group. Ms. Schroeder’s practice focuses on advising financial institutions and their boards regarding strategic corporate transactions, federal and state security law matters and regulatory compliance. She has represented financial institutions in numerous capital transactions, including the issuance of secured debt, subordinated debt, preferred stock and common stock. Ms. Schroeder also routinely advises clients on corporate and securities matters, including public offerings, private placements, “going private” transactions, reorganizations, tender offers, recapitalizations and proxy solicitations. She represents buyers and sellers in public and private mergers and acquisitions of financial institutions, including branch acquisitions and the sale of business units. Ms. Schroeder also advises financial services companies regarding reporting and compliance obligations under securities laws and regulations, including periodic reporting, insider trading issues and fair disclosure.

22 Mar 2018

James-Bates-Brannan-Groover-LLP is proud to announce that L. Joseph Potente has joined the firm as an Associate. Mr. Potente is an associate in the Firm’s Commercial Litigation Group. His practice focuses on representing individual and corporate clients in commercial and business litigation. Mr. Potente graduated from the University of Tennessee with a B.S. in Economics in 2014. He then graduated cum laude from the University Of Georgia School Of Law in 2017. While attending law school, he served as the executive editor of the Georgia Journal of International & Comparative Law. He was also the Vice Chair of the Georgia Law Business Negotiations Team and won a National Title at the 2017 Energy Law Negotiation Competition. Mr. Potente is originally from Kingsport, Tennessee and currently resides in Atlanta, Georgia.

31 Jan 2018