Financial Services >> CEO Interviews >> August 16, 2004
JAMES A. TAYLOR JR. is President and Chief Operating Officer of The Banc
Corporation and Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors for The Bank. He
is a 1987 graduate of the University of Alabama and received his JD in
1990 from the University of Alabama School of Law. He served as
Executive Vice President and General Counsel of The Banc Corporation
from April 1998 until September 2000. From June 1996 until April 1998,
Mr. Taylor served as Vice President, Legal Services for MedPartners,
Inc. (now known as Caremark, Rx.), a publicly traded healthcare company
headquartered in Birmingham, Alabama. While at MedPartners, Mr. Taylor
handled over $3 billion of complex financing and merger and acquisition
transactions. From July 1994 until May 1996, Mr. Taylor served as
outside General Counsel to Alabama National BanCorporation during which
time Alabama National grew from $200 to over $800 million in total
assets through acquisitions, internal growth and an initial public
offering. From August 1990 until March 1996, Mr. Taylor was in private
practice with Burr & Forman, LLP, in Birmingham, Alabama. Mr. Taylor
began his banking career as a teller for the First National Bank of
Ashland in Ashland, Alabama in 1981. He majored in English and Finance
while at the University of Alabama. He worked extensively with the
Emerging Issues Task Force of the FASB while at MedPartners on issues
relating to recognition of revenues by physician practice management
companies. He has served as President and on the Boards of various clubs
and organizations in Alabama. Mr. Taylor currently serves on the Board
of Alabama Bankers Bank. Profile
Mr. Taylor: The Banc Corporation is a $1.3 billion bank holding company
with 26 branches in Alabama and the panhandle of Florida. The
