Lawyer Bio : Steven S. Dunlevie

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Steven S. Dunlevie

"Steve"

Atlanta

Steve Dunlevie chairs the Financial Institutions Team at Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, PLLC. Steve's practice is divided among bank regulatory matters, capital formation and corporate finance, mergers and acquisitions, problem asset resolutions, and matters relating to the duties of financial institution officers and directors. These areas of practice have provided Steve with opportunities to handle corporate and financing transactions involving financial institutions and their holding companies and other related public and private companies, regulatory compliance matters and enforcement actions, and problem loan “work-outs” and related litigation. Steve has served as counsel to over 250 financial services companies and regularly advises their senior management and boards of directors on regulatory compliance, corporate governance, and strategic matters.

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Professional Activities

Bar Associations: Atlanta Bar Association, Corporate, Banking and Real Property Law Sections; Georgia State Bar; American Bar Association, Business Law Section, Banking Law Committee. Member: American Judicature Society; Georgia Bankers Association (Chairman, Bank Counsel Section); International Association of Attorneys and Executives in Corporate Real Estate; and The Newcomen Society of the United States.
 
Admitted to the Bar 1973, GA. Admitted to practice before all Georgia trial and appellate courts, and the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia.
 
Recognition:
  • “One of America’s Leading Lawyers for Business” (Chambers USA)
  • “Who’s Who in Law” (Atlanta Business Chronicle)
  • “Georgia Super Lawyers” (Georgia Super Lawyers Magazine)
  • “One of the Best Banking Lawyers in America” (The Best Lawyers in America; ABA Banking Journal)

Civic Activities

Member, Boards of Directors of Metro Atlanta Chamber of Commerce and Georgia Chamber of Commerce; Former Member, Board of Visitors, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; Member, Executive Board, Atlanta Area Council, Boy Scouts of America; Member, Board of Councilors, The Carter Center; Past President, Margaret Mitchell Civic Association, Inc.; and President, Albemarle Association, Inc.

Education

A.B., 1970, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; J.D., 1973, Emory University.

Prior Legal Experience

Founding Partner, Parker, Johnson, Cook & Dunlevie (now Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, PLLC) (Atlanta, GA), 1981-96; Founding Partner, Ware, Hopkins, Dunlevie & McNairy (Atlanta, GA), 1977-80; Associate Attorney, Huie, Ware, Sterne, Brown & Ide (f/k/a Ware & Sterne) (Atlanta, GA), 1973-77; Attorney, Office of Judge Advocate, U.S. Navy (Charleston, SC), 1973.

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Prior Military Service
Lieutenant, USNR, 1970-73.

Firm Management Responsibilities
Former Member, Firm Management Committee; Former Managing Member, Atlanta Office.

Areas of Proficiency

  • Banking
  • Finance
  • M&A
  • Corporate Governance
  • Problem Asset Resolution

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