Kevin Funnell

PHONE: 469.287.5464
EMAIL:  kfunnell@bsblawyers.com

Kevin Funnell is Of Counsel to the firm, resident in the firm’s Dallas-Ft. Worth “Metroplex” office.*

Mr. Funnell works with financial institutions and other companies on complicated business and regulatory matters, including mergers and acquisitions, business alliances, commercial transactions, financial institutions regulations, mortgage banking, privacy, Internet and electronic commerce, outsourcing, and information technology services. He also represents financial institutions in connection with legal and regulatory compliance issues related to treasury management services and new product development and implementation.

Earlier in his career, Mr. Funnell served as an in-house counsel to a large financial institution and as co-chair of the financial institutions practice for a national law firm. His past experience also includes extensive involvement in the acquisition, sale, financing, and restructuring of business entities and assets, particularly those related to financial institutions and mortgage banking companies, including experience with the creation and representation of “Southwest Plan” savings institutions formed in the late 1980s to deal with the failure of savings and loan associations in the Southwest.

Mr. Funnell is a Phi Beta Kappa graduate of the University of Kansas where he received a B.A. (With Distinction) in 1971. He received a J.D. from the University of Denver College of Law in 1974. He is a member of the Texas and Colorado Bar Associations, and of the Texas Association of Bank Counsel. He is a frequent lecturer and author on matters involving the Internet, electronic commerce, technology services, social media, and financial institutions. Since 2004, Mr. Funnell has been the author of the blog Bank Lawyer’s Blog, which contains his personal views and commentary on issues related to banks and other financial institutions.

Recent Speaking Engagements and Presentations

• Author (since 2004) of “Bank Lawyer’s Blog”
• Presentations to National Association of Industrial Banks Annual Convention (2009) and Texas Association of Bank Counsel Annual Conference (2010) on “Banks and Social Media: Mitigating The Legal Risks;”
• Moderator of webinar for Bankerstuff.com (2010) “Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act—The Impact on Community Banks”;
• Presenter of webinar for Bankerstuff.com (2011) on “Technology Service Agreements: Marrying the Bank’s Business Needs with the Regulators’ Expectations”;
• Presentation to Harland Financial Solutions Network of State & Federal Counsel 2011 Conference on “What Bad Banks Can Teach Good Banks: Lessons From The Trenches”;
• Author, “Holding A Bank’s Technology Service Providers Accountable,” Journal of Internet Law (December 2005).

*Meetings are by appointment only