Regions Names Fournier ‘Boots’ Gale General Counsel
February 28 2011 - 4:30PM
Business Wire
Regions Financial (NYSE:RF) today announced it has named
Fournier J. “Boots” Gale, III, senior executive vice president and
general counsel.
Boots Gale (Photo: Business Wire)
Gale, 66, will report to Chief Executive Officer Grayson Hall
and serve on the company’s Executive Council as well as its
Operating Committee. Before joining Regions, Gale was a founding
partner of Maynard Cooper & Gale PC in Birmingham.
“Boots is well-known in legal and business circles for his vast
experience and wise counsel, and we’re pleased to have him join
Regions,” Hall said. “A hallmark of his 40-year legal career has
been his ability to understand new regulatory and legal
environments and to help his diverse clients navigate complex
issues. The regulatory and legal environment for financial services
will continue to evolve over the next several years and Boots will
provide the expert counsel necessary to help us grow.”
Since the founding of Maynard Cooper & Gale PC in 1984, the
Birmingham-based firm has grown to more than 200 attorneys
statewide and is one of the Southeast’s leading law firms.
“Serving as general counsel to an institution like Regions is a
rare opportunity, and it will be an exciting new challenge after my
long career in private practice. I’m looking forward to joining
Grayson and his talented management team at Regions and helping as
the company grows in this challenging environment,” Gale said. “I
am also extremely grateful to my friends and colleagues at Maynard
Cooper who have built the firm and make it such a great place to
practice law.”
John Buchanan, Regions’ previous general counsel, will
transition to a leadership role in coordinating the company’s
implementation and compliance with new regulations stemming from
the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act as
well as retaining responsibility for corporate insurance. He will
continue to report to Hall.
Gale received both a bachelor’s degree and law degree from the
University of Alabama, where he served as editor in chief of the
Alabama Law Review.
He is a former president of the University of Alabama Law School
Foundation and has been active in many civic and community
organizations, including Leadership Birmingham and Leadership
Alabama. He has served as general counsel to the Business Council
of Alabama since its inception.
Gale is a former president of both the Alabama State Bar and the
Birmingham Bar Association. He was a member of the Alabama
Commission on Higher Education for nine years and served as the
chairman from 1998 to 2000.
Nationally, Gale served on the ABA Standing Committee of the
Federal Judiciary (Eleventh District) and the Standing Committee on
Alternative Dispute Resolution. He is a fellow of the American Bar
Foundation and has served on the Board of Directors of the American
Judicature Society.
About Regions Financial Corporation
Regions Financial Corporation, with $132 billion in assets, is a
member of the S&P 100 Index and is one of the nation’s largest
full-service providers of consumer and commercial banking, trust,
securities brokerage, mortgage and insurance products and services.
Regions serves customers in 16 states across the South, Midwest and
Texas, and through its subsidiary, Regions Bank, operates
approximately 1,800 banking offices and 2,200 ATMs. Its investment
and securities brokerage trust and asset management division,
Morgan Keegan & Company Inc., provides services from over 300
offices. Additional information about Regions and its full line of
products and services can be found at www.regions.com.
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