Robert B. Whitlock

Counsel

Email: rwhitlock@fredlaw.com
Office: 612.492.7011
Assistant: Sue Knoll, 612.492.7579

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PRIMARY SERVICE

Bank & Finance

Overview

Robert serves on the board of directors of bank holding companies, banks and business corporations, and he provides regulatory and business consulting services.

Bob is a counsel to Fredrikson & Byron having actively practiced in financial services and corporate law from 1965 to 2005. He is listed in The Best Lawyers in America.

Bob has lectured frequently throughout the region and is an author of what many view as the definitive resource on FIRREA (Financial Institution Reform and Recovery Enforcement Act) and FDICIA (Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Improvement Act).

Experience

REPRESENTATIVE EXPERIENCE

Has organized and advised multiple bank holding and banking companies, represented clients in the purchase and sale of financial institutions, and advised clients with regulatory matters.

Pro Bono Representation

Pro bono work with Phyllis Wheatley Settlement House and Dignity Center
Pro bono work with Veterans’ Standdown

Articles & Presentations

59 Fredrikson & Byron Attorneys Listed in The Best Lawyers in America© 2015

August 18, 2014

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PUBLICATIONS & PRESENTATIONS

Co-author with Gregory Pulles and James Hogg, Federal Deport Insurance Corporation Improvement Act, Shepards/McGraw-Hill, 1992
Co-author with Gregory Pulles and James Hogg, Financial Institutions Reform, Recovery and Enforcement Act, Shepards/McGraw-Hill, 1990

Honors & Education

EDUCATION

University of Minnesota Law School, JD, 1961
University of Minnesota, BSL, 1959

BAR ADMISSIONS

Minnesota, 1961
US Court of Military Appeals, 1962
US District Court for Minnesota, 1967
US Supreme Court, 1969

HONORS

The Best Lawyers in America, Banking and Finance Law, 1995-present
Martindale-Hubbell, AV Preeminent® Peer Review Rated, 2018

Professional Activities

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES

Captain, Judge Advocate General’s Corps, U.S. Naval Reserve (ret)
Minnesota Bar Association, former Chairman, Corporation, Banking and Business Law Section
Former Chairman, Banking Law Committee, Minnesota Bar Association
Member, Minnesota Senate Committee on revising Minnesota Corporate Law, Chairman, Shareholder Rights Committee
Member, Minnesota Legislature appointed Committee on revising Minnesota Securities Law