Practices


Financial Services

Financial institutions face countless complications brought about by changing industry regulations and varying economic conditions. When these issues lead to litigation, Bass, Berry & Sims offers a team of attorneys with decades of wide-ranging experience supporting, counseling and defending national, regional and local clients in a variety of matters affecting the financial services industry.

The litigators of Bass, Berry & Sims’ Financial Services Practice Group regularly advise and defend a variety of financial service companies in arbitrations, disputes in state and federal courts and before governmental agencies. These include banks, mortgage companies, trust departments, loan servicing companies, investment companies, venture capital firms, consumer finance companies, and insurance companies.

At Bass, Berry & Sims, our clients benefit from our extensive firm wide litigation resources and know-how. We have broad experience successfully litigating a wide range of complex matters of importance to the financial services industry, including contract actions, lender liability claims, insurance coverage disputes, and lawsuits based on allegations of fraud, misrepresentation, and breach of fiduciary duty. In addition, we represent clients relating to violations of various statutory schemes, including:
  • State consumer protection acts,
  • Federal and state securities laws,
  • The Bank Secrecy Act,
  • The Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act,
  • State financial records privacy acts,
  • Regulation J,
  • The Uniform Commercial Code,
  • RESPA,
  • RICO,
  • TILA,
  • FDCPA, and
  • The National Bank Act, among others.

Our representation goes well beyond appearing on behalf of our financial services clients before judicial bodies. We strive to help our clients find the most suitable business solutions to complex disputes.

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