Bob Carpenter brings to his work more than 25 years of experience and a background in corporate and government legal environments, including mergers and acquisitions, technology law, strategic planning/corporate structure, regulatory compliance and banking law. Bob served as general counsel and secretary for Aurum Technology, Plano, Texas prior to its merger with Fidelity National Financial, Inc. in March of 2004. He was formerly senior vice president and general counsel for GFS Technologies, which Aurum acquired in 2001, and has served as corporate counsel for several major financial services companies such as Cargill Incorporated's Financial Markets Group, ITT Financial Services and Household International (now HSBC USA). Bob has also held senior legal positions with the Federal Home Loan Bank of Dallas, the Office of Thrift Supervision in Washington, D.C. and the U.S. Department of Defense. Bob Carpenter is a member of the bar associations of Alabama, the District of Columbia, Minnesota, Illinois and Texas. He received his LL.M. at GeorgetownUniversityLawCenter in Washington, D.C. and his law and undergraduate degrees at the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa.
