Memrie M.

Fortenberry

Position: Special Counsel
Office: Jackson

Memrie Fortenberry is special counsel on the Banking & Financial Services Industry Team and a member of the Corporate Practice Group. She advises community banks and other financial institutions on a broad range of compliance and regulatory matters.

Memrie is an experienced lawyer with a focus on bank regulatory and compliance matters. She regularly advises clients on a broad range of federal and state financial services regulations and laws, including Bank Secrecy Act, fair lending, and other consumer protection regulations.

Memrie is a certified community bank compliance officer and represents a broad range of banks, lenders, and other financial institutions with significant experience serving as outside counsel for community banks. Memrie is also a presenter with the Bankers Compliance Task Force.

While in law school, Memrie served an externship for Judge Neil P. Olack of the US Bankruptcy Court, Southern District of Mississippi. Prior to entering law school, she completed the management development associate program at Trustmark Bank and went on to work as a corporate services officer.