Maynard Cooper & Gale is pleased to announce that Bryan J. Mills has joined the Firm’s Banking & Finance Practice as an Associate, where he will continue his practice of law focusing in the area of Commercial Lending.

Bryan earned his LL.M. in Taxation from the University of Florida Levin College of Law. He brings to Maynard Cooper prior experience working for a law firm with multiple offices across the Florida panhandle, where he assisted clients in matters regarding structured business holdings, asset protection, and estate and gift tax minimization.

Bryan is a welcome addition to Maynard Cooper’s Birmingham office, where he joins over 50 lawyers in the firm’s Banking & Finance Practice. “We are thrilled that Bryan has chosen to join Maynard Cooper’s Commercial Lending team,” said Kris Lowry, Co-Chair of the firm’s Banking & Finance Practice. “His first-hand experience, combined with his knowledge of the Florida business sector, is exactly what we were looking for to best serve our clients.” Maynard Cooper’s Commercial Lending group, comprised of over 30 attorneys firm-wide, represents numerous state and national banks, insurance companies and other institutional lenders as general and special counsel in secured and unsecured transactions, structured finance transactions and multistate transactions.

Bryan received his J.D., cum laude, from the University of Florida Levin College of Law, and he holds a B.S., summa cum laude, in Finance from Auburn University. He is admitted to practice in Florida and Alabama.