Charles J. Pignuolo — Senior Executive VP & General Counsel at BancorpSouth

Mr. Charles J. Pignuolo has been Senior Executive Vice President and General Counsel at BancorpSouth Bank since October 2014. Mr. Pignuolo served as Senior Executive Vice President and General Counsel at BancorpSouth, Inc. since October 20, 2014. He practiced law at Devlin and Pignuolo, P.C. since 1981 and focused his practice on construction law, real estate, bank lending and mortgage lending in both transactional and litigation matters as well as mediation and arbitration. His experience includes class action litigation for mortgage lenders, litigation and arbitration for builders, mortgage compliance matters, creation and litigation for ten-year builder warranty programs, contract drafting for builders and developers and other business matters for clients in the building, real estate and lending industries. He is rated AV Preeminent by Matindale Hubbell, the highest ranking possible. He is a Texas Bar Foundation Life Fellow and has served on various committees for the Texas Association of Builders and the Texas Mortgage Bankers Association. He was Counsel of record for the prevailing parties in the case of O'Sullivan v. Countrywide Home Loans, Inc., a class action involving RESPA Section 8 violations and Texas State Unauthorized Practice of Law violations. He also represented the winning party in three Appellate Court actions under the Texas Residential Construction Liability Act. He represented the builders association (or their subsidiaries) for Houston, Dallas, Fort Worth, San Antonio and Austin in the HOW Limited Warranty Receivership litigation in both Virginia and Texas. He has represented clients on matters throughout the United States and in Europe.