Areas of Practice
- Banking & Financial Services
- Business & Commercial Litigation
- Business & Commercial Transactions
- Corporate & Securities
- Corporate Compliance & White Collar Defense
- Gaming
- Government Relations & Legislative Advocacy
- Mergers & Acquisitions
Education
- Columbia University School of Law, J.D., 1975
- Dartmouth College, A.B., 1970, magna cum laude
Bar Admissions
- Alabama, 1975
- District of Columbia, 1977
George LeMaistre is a member of the firm's Banking & Financial Services Practice Group. He practices in the areas of banking, financial institutions, and associated regulatory matters. Mr. LeMaistre's practice relates primarily to financial institutions and related regulatory, corporate, and legislative matters. He has represented commercial banks, savings associations, holding companies, individual officers and directors, and significant or controlling shareholders in a wide variety of matters related to financial institution operations and activities, including regulatory applications, mergers and other combinations, and the defense both of enforcement actions brought by federal and state regulatory agencies and of class actions brought by private parties. Mr. LeMaistre regularly advises institutions on a variety of regulatory compliance issues, including restrictions on transactions between financial institutions and their affiliates; limitations on lending by such institutions to their officers, directors, and other "insiders;" loans-to-one-borrower limitations; and development and maintenance of anti-money-laundering programs and other measures required under the Bank Secrecy Act.
Mr. LeMaistre has represented troubled institutions in negotiating with their regulators and in helping to arrange capital infusions. He also has represented independent committees appointed by corporate boards of directors to investigate allegations of misconduct by corporate officers or directors, and other matters relating to corporate governance and stockholders' rights. His practice has included investigation and preparation of fidelity-bond claims, and representation of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation and the Resolution Trust Corporation in actions brought to seek recovery from former directors and officers of failed financial institutions. Mr. LeMaistre also works with Jones Walker's Government Relations Practice Group in the preparation of legislative language, congressional testimony, and other materials relating to legislation and regulation affecting the financial services industry.
Noteworthy
- Listed in The Best Lawyers in America® 2010 (Copyright 2009 by Woodward/White, Inc., Aiken, SC) in the area of Corporate Law (listed annually since 2009)
- BV® Peer Review Rating in Martindale-Hubbell
News
- 2010 Best Lawyers in America Rankings Showcase Jones Walker’s Depth, Growth
- Sixty-Three Jones Walker Attorneys Named in The Best Lawyers in America® 2009; Jones Walker Top-Listed in Louisiana
- Jones Walker Joins with Miller Hamilton
Presentations
- "The Current Banking Environment and Its Implications For Your Next Exam", December 15, 2009, Weathering the Storm Webinar Series
Publications
- "Congressmen Urge 'Measured Approach' in Bank Examinations"
Jones Walker Banking & Financial Services E*Lert, November 4, 2009 - Bank Applications for Treasury’s Capital Assistance Program Must Be Filed by May 25
Jones Walker Banking & Financial Services E*Lert, April 29, 2009
Memberships
- Alabama State Bar
- District of Columbia Bar
- Stillman College (Member, Board of Trustees, 1995–2004 and 2006 to date; Secretary of the Board, 2000–2001; Vice Chair, 2001–2004)
