| Biography | Marlee Mitchell is a partner in the firm's corporate practice and a member of the firm's multidisciplinary financial services group. Ms. Mitchell has extensive securities law and corporate finance practice experience which includes underwritten equity and debt public securities offerings, private placements, joint ventures, TARP/CPP financings, going private transactions, investment fund formation, federal and state broker-dealer and investment adviser regulatory compliance matters and Tennessee Securities Division contested case issues. She is recognized in The Best Lawyers in America (Woodward White, Inc.), America's Leading Lawyers for Business (Chambers & Partners) and Tennessee's Best 150 Lawyers - 2009 (Business Tennessee) for her work in securities and corporate law. Ms. Mitchell directs the firm's securities and corporate governance work for its community bank clients. Recent engagements include collaborating with forensic accountants and attorneys in the firm's litigation practice to represent audit committees in connection with special investigations into potential insider trading, short-swing profit violations and SEC and SIGTARP subpoenas. Ms. Mitchell's practice also includes providing counsel on alternative investments by institutional investors, corporate law and governance, and real estate securities offerings, with an emphasis on securities offerings by public REITS and private real estate limited partnerships. Clerkships and Previous Affiliations: Staff Attorney, Securities Division, Tennessee Department of Commerce and Insurance, 1986-1989. Professional Activities: Member, Committees on Federal Regulation of Securities and State Regulation of Securities, Business Law Section, American Bar Association; Former American Bar Association Liaison to the North American Securities Administrators Association Corporate Finance Section; Tennessee liaison to the State Regulation of Securities Committee; Member, Tennessee Bar Association's Corporation and Business Law Section; Service Member, American Bankers Association; Member, Securities and Exchange Commission Historical Society; Former Adjunct Professor teaching securities regulation, University of Tennessee College of Law; Recognized in America's Leading Lawyers for Business (Chambers & Partners); Listed in The Best Lawyers in America (Woodward White, Inc.); Recognized in Tennessee's Best 150 Lawyers - 2009 (Business Tennessee); Member, National Association of Public Pension Attorneys; Civic and Other Activities: Member and Corporate Secretary, Board of Directors, Girl Scouts of Middle Tennessee, Inc.; Member, Nominating Committee of the Board of Directors, Historic Rugby, Inc. Articles: 12/7/2010, "A New Wave of Bank Consolidation Soon Will Hit Shore," RMA Journal; 10/28/2010, Banking & Financial Services Update - Vol. 7, Fall 2010; 10/23/2008, First Round of Relief Under the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act; 9/18/2008, Firm Ranked Number One for Health Care, Government Relations, Mass Tort Litigation, Bankruptcy, Antitrust and Tax Law in Nashville and Tennessee; 6/24/2008, Marlee Mitchell Addresses Hedge Fund Issues for Public Pension Funds at SEPERS Forum; 3/14/2008, Waller Lansden News: Eighteen Waller Lansden Attorneys Recognized as "Leaders in their Field" in the 2008 edition of Chambers USA; 10/17/2007, Global Warming and SEC Securities Filings: What are the Disclosure Obligations?; 9/11/2007, Waller Lansden News: Best Lawyers in America Honors 45 Waller Lansden Attorneys; 7/18/2007, Thirteen Waller Lansden Attorneys Ranked as "Leaders in Their Field" by Chambers USA; 7/11/2007, "Empty Voting" Raises Corporate Governance Questions. |