In October , Shingler Lewis LLC was pleased to secure a verdict in favor of its client. Partner Joyce Gist Lewis tried the case. She was the FDIC’s lead counsel in the case, and countered that evidence presented at trial “confirmed that the people at the top [of the bank] were not interested in hearing any bad news,” either from bank regulators or the private consulting firm the bank hired to assess its compliance with federal regulations and the risks associated with its loan underwriting practices. Continue Reading…