Background
Troughton, Meg was born in Cleveland, Ohio, United States.
Troughton, Meg was born in Cleveland, Ohio, United States.
California State Polytechnic University (Bachelor of Arts, 1971). University of San Diego (Juris Doctor, 1975).
Worked at Troughton & Soter (San Francisco, California) specializing in Financial Institutions Regulatory Law. Banking and Savings and Loan Law. Consumer Credit.
Admitted to the bar, 1975, California.
Trustee, Education Fund of the Conference of State Bank Supervisors, 1984-1987.
Chair, California Displaced Homemakers Emergency Loan Acting Advisory Board, 1986-1990. Member, Editorial Board, "Credit for Women in California," published by California Department of Consumer Affairs, 1986.
Commissioner, 1986-1991, Vice Chair, 1989-1990, Chair, 1990-1991. California State Commission on the Status of Women.
Chair, California Bankers Association Regulatory Compliance Committee, 1981-1982.
Director, Louisiana Casa de las Madres, 1987-1989. Attorney, United California Bank (now Wells Fargo Bank), 1976-1979. Vice President and Senior Counsel, California First Bank (now Union Bank of California, North.A.), 1979-1982.
Member: State Bar of California (Founding Member, Committee on Consumer Financial Services, 1982-1985).
Troughton & Soter, founded in early 1990, is a women-owned business comprised of attorneys who have practiced both as in-house counsel with large banks and in major law firms. The firm regards itself as in-house counsel for hire, either for discrete projects or for ongoing advice and representation.
lieutenant works closely with clients to provide high-quality legal services at reasonable cost. The firm specializes in providing advice to financial institutions on corporate and regulatory matters, including mergers and acquisitions, business transactions, matters of authority to enter markets, to offer products and services, and to engage in regulated and unregulated activities such as consumer credit, deposit products and operations, insurance, commercial lending, licensing, real estate matters, bank and savings and loan regulation.
Member, Editorial Board, "Credit for Women in California," published by California Department of Consumer Affairs, 1986. Commissioner, 1986-1991, Vice Chair, 1989-1990, Chair, 1990-1991. California State Commission on the Status of Women.
Chair, California Bankers Association Regulatory Compliance Committee, 1981-1982.
Director, Louisiana Casa de las Madres, 1987-1989. Attorney, United California Bank (now Wells Fargo Bank), 1976-1979.
Vice President and Senior Counsel, California First Bank (now Union Bank of California, North.A.), 1979-1982. Member: State Bar of California (Founding Member, Committee on Consumer Financial Services, 1982-1985).
