California license and practice

Mark E. Aldrich is admitted to practice law in California and is a member of the State Bar of California in good standing (State Bar of California #85841). Verify the current individual Bar record at apps.calbar.ca.gov/attorney/Licensee/Detail/85841 before hiring an attorney.

Mark E. Aldrich is a principal of Aldrich & Bonnefin, PLC in Irvine, specialising in bank regulatory issues and corporate and securities matters, and actively advises California banking institutions, their boards of directors and audit committees. He is the firm’s chairman and founder since 1985. His practice is split 60% Banking, 30% Corporate and Securities and 10% Commercial Finance, and he has handled defence of regulatory enforcement actions, securities offerings, confidential internal investigations and other bank regulatory matters. He founded the Bankers’ Compliance Group, a group of approximately 90 California financial institutions sharing the cost of legal and compliance services, and has represented its members continuously since its formation. His career began in the legal department of Security Pacific National Bank (1976–1980); he has been in private practice since 1980 and with Aldrich & Bonnefin since its founding in 1985. He is a frequent speaker for the Bankers’ Compliance Group, the California Bankers Association and the Western Bankers Association on commercial lending, corporate governance and bank director and management issues, and was a course instructor for the California Bankers Association Director Certification Program for over 14 years. He was an Adjunct Professor of Law at Thomas Jefferson School of Law, where he taught the Law of Banking and Financial Institutions for several years, and in 2019 co-authored the summary of California Financial Institution Regulation for the Thomson Reuters Practical Law online publication. He earned his law degree from the University of Southern California Law Center in 1979 and his bachelor’s degree, cum laude, from Loyola Marymount University in 1975, with a major in Economics. His recognition includes the 2025 AV Preeminent Attorney rating from Martindale-Hubbell, the 2014 Robert Frandzel Award from the California Bankers Association, “Super Lawyer” in banking and finance (2007, 2010, 2013 and 2017), and “Top Southern California Lawyer” (Los Angeles Magazine, 2007, 2010 and 2013). He served on the State Bar of California Financial Institutions Committee from 1993 to 1998 (secretary 1994–1995, chair 1997–1998). He is a board member and former chairman of the J.F. Shea Therapeutic Riding Center in San Juan Capistrano, and the centre’s Mark E. Aldrich Board Leadership Award was named in his honour and given to him in 2011.

Matters this legal field covers

Banking legal work may cover bank regulatory issues, corporate and securities matters, commercial and asset-based lending, consumer and mortgage finance, and financial institution regulatory matters.

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