Ms. Laird practices in the area of financial institutions law.  Her clients are commercial banks, trust companies, savings banks, savings associations and their holding companies.  Her practice includes:

• representation of financial institutions before state and Federal bank and securities regulatory agencies, including:  the Federal Reserve Board, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, and the Securities and Exchange Commission;
• counseling clients on mergers and acquisitions, interstate branching, trust operations and de novo charter and other operations;
• advising clients on the sale, offering and design of various deposit and investment products within a financial services company, including brokerage services, sweep accounts, private banking services, and mutual fund and insurance products; and
• assisting clients in chartering federal or state-chartered trust companies and offering collective investment funds