Mr. Jernigan is the Resident Principal-in-Charge of the firm's Annapolis, Maryland office. His practice areas include business and financial institutions law, banking, commercial real estate acquisition and development, mergers and acquisitions, business formations, finance and capitalizations, and banking law. Mr. Jernigan is a member of the Maryland State Bar Association including its Sections of Business Law, Tax and Estates and Trust. He is also a member of the District of Columbia Bar Association and its Corporate, Finance and Securities Law Section. He is also a member of the Maryland Bankers Association. Mr. Jernigan is a member of the Anne Arundel County Bar Association where he served on the Board of Trustees from 1999 to 2001. He is also a member of the Annapolis and Anne Arundel County Chamber of Commerce where he served on the Board of Directors from 2002-2007.
Mr. Jernigan represents numerous banks, businesses and real estate developers, including franchise and corporate clients, and bank holding companies where his representation has included federal and state bank regulatory matters, mergers, acquisitions and strategic planning, general corporate, loan structuring, collection and workout matters.
Mr. Jernigan was one of the founding organizers and served as the Chairman of the Board of Directors of CommerceFirst Bancorp, Inc., a Maryland commercial bank holding company, and was Chairman of the Board of its subsidiary CommerceFirst Bank, a Federal Reserve Member Maryland commercial bank, until the bank was acquired by Sandy Spring Bank in 2012. Mr. Jernigan was also one of the founding organizers and members of the Board of Directors of Commerce Bank in College Park, Maryland which was formed and opened in 1989 and is now a BB&T Bank.
Mr. Jernigan lives in Annapolis with his wife, Tina Marie, who is a Registered Nurse and is also involved in various civic and charitable organizations
