Barry Abbott retired from Lane Powell in 2022. He is a nationally-known corporate, financial institutions, Internet payments,
and e-commerce lawyer. He has provided legal counsel to many of the largest
institutions and corporations in the U.S. and abroad. In this connection, Mr. Abbott
was involved in developing the legal documents for the first equityline product
(for Crocker Bank in the late 1970s), was principally responsible for developing
all legal documents for the first major reverse mortgage program (for
Transamerica HomeFirst in the late 1980s), was the original legal counsel
who helped organize NCREIF (The National Council of Real Estate Investment
Fiduciaries), and served as Chief Legal Officer of The REX Group (now called Unison),
which developed the first true home owner-occupied option investment product
and marketplace.
Professional Affiliations
- Past Member, Federal Reserve Board Consumer Advisory Council
- Member, Governing Committee of the Conference on Consumer Finance Law
- Fellow and past Board member and officer, American College of Consumer
Financial Services Lawyers
- Member and past Committee and Subcommittee officer, American Bar
Association Committees on Consumer Financial Services and Banking Law
- Member and past Section, Committee and Subcommittee officer, State Bar
of California Business Law Section and Financial Institutions and Insurance
Law Committees
- Past Board member and Committee chair, Bar Association of San Francisco
- Past Board member and officer, Barristers Club of San Francisco
- Fellow- The Royal Society of Arts (London)