Background
Cairns, John B. was born on March 14, 1941 in Conway, Arkansas, United States. Son of Fred I. and Julia (Reed) Cairns.
Cairns, John B. was born on March 14, 1941 in Conway, Arkansas, United States. Son of Fred I. and Julia (Reed) Cairns.
University of Western Ontario (Bachelor of Arts, with honors, 1964). Cornell University (Juris Doctor, cum laude, 1979).
Worked at Willkie Farr & Gallagher. Admitted to the bar, 1980, New York. Member, Board of Editors, Cornell Law Review.
Co-author: with Whitney Holmes, Comment, "FDIC'S Armor Jeopardizes Banks," American Banker, September 16, 1992 and "Hitch in Thrift Law Shoots Down Collateral Deals," American Banker, December 5, 1989. Author: "FBSEA: Still Grim in The Second Year," The Bankers Magazine, November/December, 1993. "The Foreign Bank Supervision Enhancement Act of 1991," 8 Rev. of Banking & Fin.
Services 171, 1992; "Understanding Obligations of the FSLIC," Journal of Accountancy, February, 1991. "Hostile and Friendly Bank Acquisitions in the United States.," American Bar Association, International Banking and Foreign Bank Operations in the United States, 1989. "Retail and Wholesale Banking: Diverging Markets and Lines of Commerce," 32 Syracuse Law Review 713, 1981.
Frequent Speaker at Banking Law Institute and other banking conferences. Member: American Bar Association (Member, Banking Law Committee). Association of the Bar of the City of New York (Member, Banking Law Committee).
New York County Lawyers Association (Chair, Banking Law Committee).
Member American Bar Association (banking law committee), New York County Lawyers Association (banking law committee).
Married Laurie L. Lau, May 3, 1985.