Barbara S. Meeks

Barbara Meeks is a partner and member of Chapman's Banking and Financial Services Department and Compliance, Regulatory and Payments Group. Barbara provides practical and collaborative legal advice to a range of global, regional, and community banks, as well as fintech, treasury management, payments, insurance, wealth management, and brokerage companies. Her practice addresses complex legal challenges, including regulatory, compliance, transactional, governance, risk management, and investigative matters. She has substantial experience with commercial and government banking, commercial real estate, small business, and broker-dealer transactions.

Prior to joining Chapman, Barbara was a partner at an Am Law 200 firm in Charlotte. Prior to that, she held leadership positions in large financial institutions, providing regulatory and legal support for a broad platform of banking, insurance and brokerage activities, both domestically and internationally.

In addition to advising financial institutions on complex legal issues and crisis management, Barbara serves the community. She currently serves on the board of Common Wealth Charlotte and served previously on the Board of Trustees and as Chair of the Development Committee for the Blumenthal Performing Arts Center, and as a board member for the Davidson-Cornelius Child Development Center.