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Steve has served as a member of Graham & Dunn's Board of Directors and as chair of the Financial Services Team. He counsels financial institutions about federal and state banking matters and related securities law and financing issues. Steve uses his background and experience with the Comptroller of the Currency and as an accountant on Wall Street in advising our diverse group of banking clients throughout the Western United States. Steve assists financial services companies in creatively structuring and successfully implementing mergers and acquisitions and has been involved in over 100 transactions as counsel for buyers or sellers. Graham & Dunn was tied for second among law firms in the Western United States for the number of deals in which it served as counsel in 2006. Steve also assists companies in capital formation, corporate planning, new bank formations, stock repurchase programs and defensive strategy planning and guides SEC and state securities registrations for public offerings and acquisitions. Steve has spoken at "Acquire Or Be Acquired," Bank Director Magazine's annual national conference on mergers and acquisitions in Arizona every year since 1996. Steve is also a frequent speaker at bank trade association conventions. Representative Transactions
Mergers and Acquisitions Columbia Banking System, Inc. acquisition of Mountain Bank Holding Company in cash/stock deal Columbia Banking System, Inc. acquisition of Town Center Bancorp in cash/stock deal
Glacier Bancorp, Inc. acquisition of North Side State Bank in cash/stock deal Northern Nevada Bank merger with The Bank Holdings in cash/stock deal Valley Bancorp merger with Columbia Bancorp in cash/stock deal
Glacier Bancorp, Inc. merger with Citizens Development Company in cash/stock deal NorthStar Financial Corporation merger with Frontier Financial Corporation in tax-free stock deal Pacific Continental Corporation acquisition of NWB Financial Corporation in cash/stock deal CityBank sale of Diligenz, Inc. to CSC Corporation in all cash deal Washington Commercial Bancorp merger with Venture Financial Group, Inc. cash/stock deal Columbia Banking System, Inc. acquisition of Bank of Astoria Community First Bank acquisition of Connell branch of Baker Boyer National Bank BNW Bancorp, Inc. merger with Pacific Financial Corporation in stock deal Cashmere Valley Bank acquisition of Ellensburg branch of Pacific Northwest Bank United Savings and Loan Bank cash/stock merger with Washington Federal Glacier Bancorp, Inc. cash acquisition of Pend Oreille Bancorp Panhandle State Bank acquisition of Orchard Bank Branch of Household Bank, f.s.b. Harbor Bank, NA merger with First Community Financial Group in all cash deal Linn-Benton Bank merger with Umpqua Bank in cash/stock deal Glacier Bancorp, Inc. acquisition of Wells Fargo Branches Glacier Bancorp, Inc. acquisition of WesterFed Financial Corporation in cash/stock deal Silverdale State Bank merger with AMB Financial Services Corporation in cash deal Glacier Bancorp, Inc. acquisition of Mountain West Bank in tax-free stock deal Pioneer Bancorporation merger with Zions Bancorporation in tax-free stock deal Valley Bancorporation merger with Frontier Financial Corporation in tax-free stock deal North Pacific Bancorporation sale to Heritage Financial Corporation in cash deal InterWest Bancorp, Inc. acquisition of Pacific Northwest Bank in tax-free stock deal West Coast Bancorp acquisition of Centennial Holdings, Ltd. in tax-free stock deal Cascade Bancorp, Inc. merger with Columbia Banking System, Inc. in tax-free stock deal New Bank Formations CenterPointe Community Bank (In Organization), Hood River, Oregon (pending) Lewis & Clark Bank, Oregon City, Oregon Bank Reale, Pasco, Washington Center Bank, Lynnwood, Washington Eastside Commercial Bank, N.A., Bellevue, Washington Oregon Coast Bank, Newport, Oregon Northern Nevada Bank, Reno, Nevada Community First Bank, Kennewick, Washington Canyon Community Bank, N.A., Tucson, Arizona Charter Bank, Bellevue, Washington Northwest Business Bank, Seattle, Washington Coastal Community Bank, Everett, Washington Bank NorthWest, Bellingham, Washington Bank of Edmonds, Edmonds, Washington Holding Company Reorganizations Skagit State Bank, Burlington, Washington Northern Nevada Bank, Reno, Nevada Cashmere Valley Bank, Cashmere, Washington Community First Bank, Kennewick, Washington Coastal Community Bank, Everett, Washington Bank Northwest, Bellingham, Washington Evergreen Bank, Seattle, Washington Valley Bank, Henderson, Nevada Northwest International Bank, Seattle, Washington Charter Bank, Bellevue, Washington Silver State Bank, Henderson, Nevada
Securities Offerings Venture Financial Group, Inc. common stock offering (underwriters' counsel), Dupont, Washington Northwest Commercial Bank common stock offering, Lakewood, Washington Evergreen Bancorp, Inc. common stock offering, Seattle, Washington Glacier Bancorp common stock offering, Kalispell, Montana Canyon Bancorporation stock offering, Tucson, Arizona Pinnacle Bank common stock offering, Beaverton, Oregon Valley Bancorp underwritten initial public offering, Henderson, Nevada Mountain Bank Holding Company common stock offering, Enumclaw, Washington The Bank Holdings common stock offering (underwriters' counsel), Reno, Nevada NorthStar Bank common stock offering, Seattle, Washington Valley Bancorp common stock offering, Henderson, Nevada Bank Northwest common stock offering, Bellingham, Washington NWI Financial Corporation common stock offering, Seattle, Washington Charter Bank common stock offering, Bellevue, Washington InterWest Bancorp, Inc. issuance of $40 million in Trust Preferred Securities, Kalispell, Montana Columbia River Banking Company common stock offering (underwriters' counsel), The Dalles, Oregon Other Transactions and Financings Community First Bancorp subchapter S conversion, Kennewick, Washington Olympic Bancorp subchapter S conversion, Port Orchard, Washington Hawaii National Bancshares, Inc. going private transaction, Honolulu, Hawaii Numerous Trust Preferred Offerings Recognition Who's Who in America, 2007 Best Lawyers "Best Lawyers in America, Financial Institutions Law Section," 2006 Corporate Counsel Magazine "Best Lawyers in America, Banking Law," 2003 Education J.D., Georgetown University Law Center, 1973 B.S., Accounting and Business, New York University, 1969
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