Craig N. Landrum

Craig N. Landrum

Jackson, MS recognized lawyers icon Recognized in Best Lawyers since 1995
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161 Best Lawyers awards

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Awarded Practice Areas

Banking and Finance Law Corporate Compliance Law Corporate Governance Law Corporate Law Financial Services Regulation Law Mergers and Acquisitions Law

Biography

Craig Landrum is a partner in the Banking & Financial Services Industry Team. Craig focuses his practice on bank regulatory law, corporate law, mergers and acquisitions law, and securities law. Craig has extensive experience representing banks in a broad range of issues, including more than 100 merger and branch acquisition or sale transactions, as well as representing insurance companies and agencies with regard to corporate and regulatory matters, including the licensing of bank subsidiaries as general insurance agencies and underwriters. Craig lectures frequently on bank regulatory matters for organizations such as the Louisiana State University Graduate School of Banking, the Mississippi School of Banking, Mississippi Bankers Association CEO Conference, Louisiana Bankers Association Bank Counsel Conference, and the Bank Administration Institute. Year over year, Craig has been praised in Chambers USA by clients interviewed for the publication. In 2017, clients said, “Accessibility is a highlight” and described him as “outstanding” and “very well respected within the Mississippi Banking Community.” Previously, clients noted his skills as a “fine banking lawyer” (2015), focused on his “great knowledge in the banking law arena” and “good relationship with…the regulators” (2014), and called him “the top banking regulatory lawyer in the state” (2013).Craig has given more than 100 presentations to the quarterly meetings of the Bankers Compliance Task Force on regulatory issues.
Jones Walker LLP

161 Best Lawyers awards

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Overview

  • Mississippi State University, BS, graduated 1977
  • University of Mississippi, JD, graduated 1980

  • Mississippi, Mississippi

  • American Bar Association, Banking Law and Consumer Finance Law Committees - Member
  • Louisiana Bankers Association, Chairman, Bank Attorneys’ Committee (2017-2018) - Member
  • Mississippi Bankers Association, Chairman, Bank Attorney's Committee (1992-1994, 2006-2007, 2017-2018) - Member
  • The Mississippi Bar - Member

  • US District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi
  • US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
  • US District Court for the Northern District of Mississippi
  • Mississippi, Mississippi
  • American Bar Association, Banking Law and Consumer Finance Law Committees - Member
  • Louisiana Bankers Association, Chairman, Bank Attorneys’ Committee (2017-2018) - Member
  • Mississippi Bankers Association, Chairman, Bank Attorney's Committee (1992-1994, 2006-2007, 2017-2018) - Member
  • The Mississippi Bar - Member
  • Mississippi State University, BS, graduated 1977
  • University of Mississippi, JD, graduated 1980
  • US District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi
  • US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
  • US District Court for the Northern District of Mississippi

Client Testimonials

Awards & Focus

Lawyer of the Year Badge - 2019 - Corporate Governance Law Lawyer of the Year Badge - 2019 - Financial Services Regulation Law Lawyer of the Year Badge - 2017 - Corporate Governance Law Lawyer of the Year Badge - 2015 - Corporate Compliance Law Lawyer of the Year Badge - 2014 - Banking and Finance Law Lawyer of the Year Badge - 2013 - Financial Services Regulation Law Lawyer of the Year Badge - 2009 - Banking and Finance Law
Named "Lawyer of the Year" by Best Lawyers® for:
  • Corporate Governance Law, Jackson, MS (2019)
  • Financial Services Regulation Law, Jackson, MS (2019)
  • Corporate Governance Law, Jackson, MS (2017)
  • Corporate Compliance Law, Jackson, MS (2015)
  • Banking and Finance Law, Jackson, MS (2014)
  • Financial Services Regulation Law, Jackson, MS (2013)
  • Banking and Finance Law, Jackson, MS (2009)
Recognized in The Best Lawyers in America® 2026 for work in:
  • Banking and Finance Law
  • Corporate Compliance Law
  • Corporate Governance Law
  • Corporate Law
  • Financial Services Regulation Law
  • Mergers and Acquisitions Law
Special Focus:
  • Banking
  • Banking Operations
  • Finance
  • Mergers & Acquisitions
  • Regulatory
  • Transactions
Awards:
  • Mississippi School of Banking, Distinguished Faculty Award

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