Attorney Laura S. Brooks joins First
Northern Bank's Asset Management & Trust Department
First Northern Bank is pleased to announce that Laura S. Brooks,
J.D., has joined the Bank’s Asset Management & Trust Department as
Assistant Vice President/Trust Officer. Brooks will join the
experienced trust department team in the management of a wide
range of trust accounts and will also be responsible for business
development.
“Expanding the Bank’s Asset Management and Trust Department has
been our strategic objective since the Department opened in
downtown Sacramento in 2002,” noted Chris Ann Bachtel, Vice
President/Asset Management & Trust Department Manager. “Adding
Laura to our team is another very significant step toward
achieving this goal.”
Brooks was most recently an attorney in private practice,
representing clients in probate and estate administration matters.
Prior to being admitted to the bar, she was a probate paralegal
for many years in the Sacramento area.
She is a member of the California State Bar, Sacramento County Bar
Probate, Tax and Business sections, Women Lawyers of Sacramento,
and the Sacramento Barrister’s Club. Brooks also volunteers for
Voluntary Legal Services of Northern California, a non-profit
organization that provides legal assistance to low-income
individuals in Sacramento County.
Brooks attended law school locally, earning her Juris Doctor from
Lincoln Law School of Sacramento. She earned her bachelor’s degree
in Political Science from San Francisco State University, before
relocating to Sacramento. She grew up in St. Helena, California,
where her family continues to reside.
First Northern Bank’s Asset Management & Trust Department offers
fiduciary services for individuals, businesses, governments and
charitable organizations in the Sacramento, Placer, El Dorado,
Yolo and Solano County areas. The Department is located at 700 J
Street (corner of 7th & J Streets) on the mezzanine of the
Downtown Sacramento Branch. Brooks can be reached at (916)
325-0050. First Northern Bank, established in 1910, is a
community-based bank with branch offices strategically located to
serve businesses and individuals in the communities of Sacramento,
West Sacramento,
Davis, Woodland, Winters, Dixon, Vacaville, Fairfield and Suisun
City. First Northern Bank has Real Estate Loan Offices
in Davis, Vacaville, Roseville and El Dorado Hills, and an SBA
Loan Department in Sacramento. First Northern offers a wide range
of SBA, real estate, commercial, agricultural and consumer loans,
as well as a full array of non-FDIC insured investment and
brokerage products and services. The Bank can be found on the Web
at
www.thatsmybank.com.
The following appears in accordance with the Private Securities
Litigation Reform Act of 1995. This document may include certain
"forward-looking statements" about the Company. These statements
are based on management's current expectations and are subject to
uncertainty and changes in circumstances. Actual results may
differ materially from these expectations due to changes in global
political, economic, business, competitive, market and regulatory
factors. More detailed information about those factors is
contained in First Northern's most recent reports filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission on Forms 10-K, 10-Q and 8-K,
each as it may be amended from time to time, which identify
important risk factors that could cause actual results to differ
from those contained in the forward-looking statements. The
financial information contained in this release should be read in
conjunction with the consolidated financial statements and notes
thereto included in First Northern's most recent reports on Form
10-K and Form 10-Q. First Northern disclaims any intent or
obligation to update these forward-looking statements.
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