Robert E. Barnett is a former chairman of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation. Prior to his service with the FDIC, he practiced first as a litigator in New York City and then as Counsel to the Governor of Nebraska. A graduate of Harvard University Law School, Mr. Barnett has been a director of a venture capital firm, and is the author of several books on the responsibilities and liabilities of directors of commercial banks, bank holding companies, and savings institutions. Read More >>>

James C. Sivon is a former minority staff director for the Banking Committee of the House of Representatives. After leaving the Banking Committee, and before entering private practice, he served as the General Counsel to the Association of Bank Holding Companies. A graduate of Georgetown University Law Center, Mr. Sivon is the author of several publications on banking and insurance law, and is a member of the Executive Committee of the Federal Bar Association’s Section on Banking Law. Read More >>>

Raymond Natter is an authority on financial services law and policy, who has served in senior positions in the Federal Government. He was the deputy chief counsel of the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, where he had significant involvement in developing the agency’s regulations. Earlier, he was counsel to the Senate Banking Committee and served as a senior counsel at the Federal Reserve Board. Mr. Natter is a graduate of Georgetown University Law Center and holds a Master of Law from the National Law Center at George Washington University. Read More >>>

Laura Goldman is an expert on a wide range of bank regulatory issues, including Basel II, securitizations, recourse, credit derivatives and other structured finance matters.  She was the lead securitization capital expert in the law department at the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, and was actively involved in the development of the Basel II regulatory capital proposal.  Her experience at the agency also included analyzing and advising on a variety of complex transactions ranging from traditional securitizations to synthetic transactions, CLOs, and ABCP conduits. Read More >>>

Paul Smith is an expert in banking compliance and safety and soundness issues. Prior to joining Barnett Sivon & Natter, he served as a regulatory counsel for the American Bankers Association. In his twenty years at the ABA, he represented the banking industry’s position on regulatory matters before all of the federal banking agencies.
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Richard Fitzgerald is a nationally recognized authority in trust law, and has served as an expert witness in several cases involving commercial banks and trust operations. In 1996, he joined the Office of the Special Trustee for American Indians, within the Department of the Interior, and, in 2004, was appointed the Director of the Office of Trust Regulation, Policies and Procedures. Read More >>>

Sujey Kallumadanda is an associate in the firm.
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Cheryl Warren is the firm’s office manager.
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