Jeff Gerrish

Jeff Gerrish

Jeff Gerrish is chairman of the board of Gerrish Smith Tuck Consultants, LLC, and a member of the Memphis-based law firm of Gerrish Smith Tuck, PC, Attorneys. He frequently contributes to Banking Exchange and frequently speaks at industry events.

In mid-2016 Gerrish's blog received a national bronze excellence award from the American Society of Business Publication Editors. This followed his receipt of the regional silver excellence award for the Northeastern Region from the same group.

Gerrish formerly served as regional counsel for the FDIC’s Memphis regional office and with the FDIC in Washington, D.C., where he had nationwide responsibility for litigation against directors of failed banks. Since the firm’s formation in 1988, Gerrish Smith Tuck has assisted over 2,000 community banks in all 50 states across the nation with matters such as strategic planning, mergers and acquisitions, common stock private placements, holding company formation and reorganization, and a wide variety of regulatory matters. Jeff Gerrish can be contacted at [email protected].

New bank law makes longstanding advantages available to larger players
 ...without leaving the next generation with a scrambled nest egg
Community bank believer thinks more new charters are coming
Community banks’ ALCO game’s flipping—don’t misstep
What community banks should expect of their chairmen
Here’s the best answer based on new tax law
Making a major strategic move demands board-level planning and consultation
Aligning shareholders' interests with directors’ interest
Sweeping out the “meh,” the obnoxious, and the useless from your board
What small banks can do with the “windfall”
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