Our Management
Justin A. Barr, Managing Principal
With intelligence, dedication and passion, Justin Barr has made a name for himself as a tireless advocate for community banks in distress. Justin’s commitment to helping community banks stay in control of their own destiny can be traced to his renowned family history of defending private businesses against government intervention and outside threats since the mid 1940s (see Chicago Legacy page).
In addition to nearly a decade of experience in middle market commercial and real estate lending, Justin has spent the last ten years exclusively focused on loan workout and community bank turnaround projects. His background, credibility and extensive loan workout and bank turnaround knowledge and experience make him uniquely qualified to help community banks facing asset quality and capital issues.
Justin began his commercial lending career with LaSalle Bank and Bank of America. His commercial and real estate secured loan workout experience includes senior positions with money center banks including Harris, N.A. and Credit Agricole, S.A. In more recent years, Justin has managed numerous ‘cease and desist’ order community bank turnaround projects.
Recognized as an expert on community banking, he is often quoted in the financial media (see News page), and his analytical abilities are well respected by banking professionals and bank regulatory authorities alike.
Our Consultants
Our credit risk and loan workout consultants all began their careers with money center Chicago banks and have since collectively spent decades in senior commercial lending and loan workout roles. Similarly, our real estate consultants are seasoned professionals, with decades of experience in all areas of real estate investment, development, brokerage and appraisal.
Bios on our credit risk, loan workout and real estate consultants are available to prospective bank clients upon request.
