Our Experts
BankExperts brings together experienced banking professionals whose careers span lending, credit, risk management, bank operations, regulation, governance and specialized areas of financial services.
Our team includes former senior bankers, regulators, attorneys and financial-services executives. Positions held by our professionals include Chief Executive Officer, President, Board Director, Chief Credit Officer, Chief Risk Officer, Senior Credit Officer, General Counsel, Senior Regulator, Senior Relationship Manager, Risk Manager and Operations Head.
Our objective is not simply to provide prospective clients with a list of names. It is to match the specific needs of a matter with the experience of an individual consultant. When a matter calls for experienced banking judgment, BankExperts helps clients define the issues clearly, research the matter carefully, assist in case strategy and report preparation, and provide testimony at deposition and trial when required.
Our Principals
The principals and senior consultants of BankExperts are former bankers who have served banks as senior officers in various capacities including CEO, Director, COO, CFO and Chief Credit Officer. They have directed major divisions of banks including commercial banking, retail banking, operations, lending, loan workouts and strategic planning, and have held senior positions with a regulatory agency. They have completed numerous engagements as experts and have extensive courtroom testifying experience.
J. Michael Feeks
Our Senior Consultants
In addition to the capabilities of our Principals, BankExperts maintains a network of Senior Consultants with specialized knowledge and skills in additional areas of banking and financial services.
Senior Bank Regulator
Our expert has a distinctive blend of public and private sector experience as a senior executive for a U.S. bank regulatory authority and as Chief Risk Officer for a global bank. He has testified many times as a banking-industry expert on federal regulatory compliance, industry standards and best practices, enterprise risk management (ERM), and credit-risk management. He has also testified on matters involving real estate lending, board and management governance, internal controls, fraud and AML/BSA financial crimes, bank fiduciary duties and duties of care, and good faith and fair dealing.
Institutional Investment Advisor
Our expert is a highly credentialed investment consultant to endowments, foundations, pension plans and private-capital funds. He has expertise in long/short equities and alternative investments, advises venture-backed companies, and has testified as an expert witness in litigation involving complex investment issues.
Former Bank Examiner and In-House Counsel
Our expert is an experienced bank examiner and private-sector internal bank auditor with 45 years of experience as an in-house attorney for a number of banks, including service as General Counsel for three banks. For more than 30 years, he has been engaged as an expert witness in banking matters, testifying both for and against banks in cases involving fraudulent wire transfers, unauthorized electronic funds transfers, forged or counterfeit checks, deposit accounts, branch operations, check processing and issues governed by Articles 3, 4 and 4A of the Uniform Commercial Code (UCC).