Bank Counsel Seminar

Jim Packer is an experienced privacy professional and compliance leader who joined First Republic Bank’s Office of the General Counsel in July 2020 as the Bank’s Head of Privacy, Compliance and Privacy Officer. In his role at First Republic, Mr. Packer, or his team under his direction, provides reports and presentations to the Bank’s Executive Leadership and Board of Directors, works with state and federal regulators, and provides guidance, training, process, procedure, policy, and operationalizes matters related to state and federal data privacy and information security laws or regulations across all the enterprise’s businesses, functional groups, products, and services.

Robert McWhorter is a Shareholder in Buchalter’s Sacramento office, and is a member of the Firm’s Litigation Practice Group. He is the Chair of Sacramento’s Litigation Practice Group. His practice focuses on representing financial institutions and business entities in commercial, business and bankruptcy litigation. He has extensive experience handing lender liability actions, franchise litigation, bankruptcy, insolvency law, creditors’ rights, real estate disputes, corporate dissolutions, loan workouts and restructuring, receiverships, and litigation involving business torts and contract law. He has handled multiple complex liability claims against officers and directors of corporate entities. Through his bankruptcy and commercial practice, Mr. McWhorter possesses substantial expertise handling Article 9 issues under the Uniform Commercial Code.

Deborah Thoren-Peden focuses her Chambers-ranked corporate practice on banking, electronic commerce, privacy, anti-money laundering and Office of Foreign Assets Control regulations.

Deb co-leads Pillsbury’s Cybersecurity, Data Protection & Privacy team; its FinTech, Payments & Blockchain team, its Consumer & Retail industry team, and its Unclaimed Property Team. She represents and advises fintech companies, bank and non-bank financial institutions (both domestic and international), money transmitters, retailers, automotive and a variety of other types of companies. She is also a recognized authority with respect to the Bank Secrecy Act and the Patriot Act.

Mark Aldrich is a principal of Aldrich & Bonnefin, PLC, specializing in bank regulatory issues and corporate and securities matters. Mr. Aldrich actively advises California banking institutions, their boards of directors and audit committees. Mr. Aldrich is part of the firm’s Corporate Practice Group, specializing in corporate and commercial lending matters. Mr. Aldrich has handled defense of regulatory enforcement actions, securities offerings, as well as other bank regulatory matters. He is also the Chairman and Founder of the firm.

Tod V. Beebe is an experienced trial lawyer whose practice focuses on the representation of financial institutions and the representation of business entities and individuals in complex business disputes, including the representation of our clients’ interests in equity-holder disputes, real estate matters and post-merger indemnity claims.