Community Banks

Baldini Lang LLC has built a strong base of community bank clients in the northeast and across the country and is one of the nation’s premier law firms representing community banks in high-risk financial technology contract negotiations. Whether negotiating a core processing agreement with Fiserv, FIS, Jack Henry, or another vendor, or advising on related matters, we put our skills and experience to work as practical, business-minded advocates for our community bank clients.

We understand the regulatory pressures and operational demands facing community banks, and we tailor our services to help clients mitigate risk, drive value, and maintain compliance in an evolving environment.

We regularly advise community banks on:

  • Vendor contract drafting, negotiation, and due diligence

  • Core processor RFP management and negotiations

  • Consumer regulatory compliance

  • Privacy policy development and breach response planning

  • Information security issues and incident response

  • Employment law matters, including hiring, terminations, reductions-in-force, and policy drafting

  • Contract and termination fee disputes

  • Dispute resolution and litigation management

  • Internal investigations

  • Commercial leasing and operational contracts

  • Trademark search and registration

We are proud to serve as trusted legal and strategic partners to community banks, helping them protect their interests, strengthen vendor relationships, and meet the demands of modern banking with clarity and confidence.

Legal Services

Manage risk. Drive value. Build for the future.

Work with Baldini Lang LLC to support your community bank’s success with practical, results-focused legal solutions.

We aren’t your typical law firm.

Unlike traditional law firms, we do not maintain extravagant offices or a large staff, or otherwise incur high overhead expenses that get passed on to clients.

Instead, we leverage modern technologies and focus on managing costs while still providing high-quality legal advice.

“As the banking industry continues to evolve,
Liberty Bank must evolve along with it.”

“As the banking industry continues to evolve, Liberty Bank must evolve along with it.”

So, it’s vital we work with external legal partners like Baldini Lang LLC to help us navigate the growing complexity in the banking industry. We can attest that Baldini Lang lives up to their mission of being passionate and collaborative advocates for their clients and that gives us peace-of-mind knowing we have the right team behind us every step of the way.

Dan Matos

EVP & Chief Legal Counsel at Liberty Bank

“We partnered with Baldini Lang LLC last year as we began the process of a core de-conversion.”

“We partnered with Baldini Lang LLC last year as we began the process of a core de-conversion.”

We were so impressed with their professionalism and insight in the fintech industry, that we also engaged them to help negotiate & review our contracts with our new core provider and the conversion process. We could not have been happier with the results and look forward to working with them in the future!

Toby Brown

VP, La Monte Community Bank & Goppert Banking Group