Community Banking: Powell Goldstein LLP, Law Firm

Community Banking

“How Will Tarp Affect Liquidity?” - Jim Wheeler published
BT Capital Partners, LLC - Middle Market M&A Review Fourth Quarter 2008
November 2008

James C. Wheeler

“Buy, Sell, or Hold,” - Jim Wheeler published
Community Banker
October 2008

James C. Wheeler

"Terms of Agreement" - Jerry Blanchard published
American Executive
Winter 2007

Gerald L. Blanchard

The New Subchapter S Laws: A Boon for Community Banks
Financial Institutions
Banking Law Journal
August 2005

Recent tax law changes have created new opportunities and unanticipated pit-falls for banking institutions interested in making an S corporation election. A bank's decision to pursue S corporation status requires a reexamination of existing rules, planning and an evaluation of the benefits and risks associated withthree new tax provisions. These provisions increase the number of S corporation shareholders from 75 to 100, allow family members to elect to be treated as one shareholder, and expand bank S corporation eligible shareholders to include IRAs.

Escaping SOX
Reconsider Being a Public Company and Escape Sarbanes-Oxley Angst
ABA Banking Journal
May 2005

Katherine M. Koops

As costs and burdens of federal securities law compliancecontinue to soar, Securities and Exchange Commission-reporting bank holding companies (and banks withoutholding companies that file SEC-compliant reports with FDIC)are increasingly questioning the value of remaining public.

Going Private/Staying Private
April 4, 2005

Katherine M. Koops

A comprehensive presentation on why and how Community Banks are going private.