Expertise :: Banking Banking In 1964 the founder of the Firm, William R. Boles, established and directed First American Bank & Trust of Louisiana, which recently merged with Regions Financial Corporation.  The Firm has extensive experience in representing banks and their trust departments in all areas of banking law, such as representative default assistance, foreclosures and bankruptcy, complex workouts, loan structuring and documentation, collateralization and securitization, sales of loan portfolios and investment banking.