Christine L. Childers

Christine L. Childers is senior vice president and deputy general counsel at First American Bank in Chicago. She serves as legal counsel for consumer-oriented legal issues, federal and state regulatory matters, acquisitions, intellectual property matters and human resources issues. Ms. Childers advises the bank’s executive team and board on regulatory and litigation risks. She also engages with the bank’s business units and provides legal support for projects, contracts and the implementation of products/ services. In addition, she advises on privacy, record-retention, litigation holds and eDiscovery. Ms. Childers helps create processes and practices to improve the day-to-day efficiency of teams, facilitate change and control costs. She oversees the bank’s Compliance, Community Reinvestment Act and Legal Order Processing departments, and assists with the management of all legal functions in the Legal Department. Ms. Childers has served as an adjunct professor at Valparaiso University School of Law, where she taught UCC: Payment and Credit Systems. She also has been involved in the Credit Abuse Resistance Education Program (CARE) and the Constitutional Rights Foundation’s Edward J. Lewis II Lawyers in the Classroom Program. Prior to joining First American Bank, Ms. Childers was a partner at Jenner & Block LLP, where she practiced from 2002-13 in the firm’s Bankruptcy, Workout, and Corporate Reorganization Practice Group. She represented parties in complex bankruptcy litigation matters and debtors and trustees in chapter 7 and 11 cases. She also represented lenders in a variety of litigation proceedings. Ms. Childers was named an Illinois Super Lawyer in 2013 for Bankruptcy & Creditor/ Debtor Rights and in 2014 for Bankruptcy: Business. She received her B.S. in business administration- management from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas and her J.D. magna cum laude from Valparaiso University School of Law, where she served on the Valparaiso University Law Review.