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Presented by the Louisiana Bankers Association, make plans to join us for the annual Bank Counsel Conference December 10-12, 2025 at The Westin, New Orleans. The conference will include two days of presentations on recent legislation and court decisions involving banking and commercial laws, as well as presentations on federal banking regulations and other current issues. We are pleased to have other state banking associations join us for the conference.

Below is a tentative schedule: 
• Wednesday December 10, 2025 - Women in Law Roundtable Discussion - 4:00pm-5:30pm
• Thursday December 11, 2025 - Registration begins at 7:15am. Sessions from 8:00am-5:05pm; Cocktail Reception from 5:15pm-6:45pm
• Friday December 12, 2025 - Sessions from 7:45am-3:45pm

Conference Topics and Agenda
• Stablecoin and Digital Assets - Overview of the Genius Act and Regulatory Framework
• State Legislative Update: Legislation Impacting Banks
• Check Fraud and Other Payment Fraud
• Louisiana Secured Lending Update (Breakout Session)
• UCC Update, including 2022 Amendments to Accommodate Emerging Technology (Breakout Session)
• Ethics and the use of Artificial Intelligence (AI)
• Mergers and Acquisitions Update 
• Professionalism
• Risk Management for Bankruptcy, Problem Loans and Workouts
• Washington Update: Key Wins, Challenges & What's Next for Banking Policy
• Perspectives from an In-House Counsel: Top Issues and Challenges
• Year in Review: Insights into the Changing Bank Regulatory Landscape
• Practice Tips for Preparing Bank Executives for Trial Testimony or for a Deposition

Registration Fees
• Conference Registration (Includes Ethics & Professionalism & Electronic Materials) - $650 member; $975 non-members
• Ethics and Professionalism Registration Only: $200 (Includes Electronic Materials) - Contact the LBA office at 225-387-3282 for registration

For online registration, please note: Under the registration options, choose Tennessee Bankers Association to get member pricing. You are a member if: you are an in-house attorney who is employed with a bank that is a member of a group participating state association OR a member of a participating state association's attorney or affiliate membership group.

Continuing Education Credit

This event has been approved for 11 general credit hours and 2 dual hours for the ethics and professionalism sessions for Tennessee members.

Additional Information
For additional information on the conference, please click here. For conference room block information, please click here to book (room rate is $210+tax per night; deadline for room block is November 17, 2025).