Bradley Bolsters Texas Growth by Adding Partner Jacque Kruppa to Banking Financial Services Team
Bradley is pleased to announce that Jacque Kruppa has joined the Banking & Financial Services Practice Group as a partner in the Dallas office. Ms. Kruppa previously served as senior EVP and Chief Legal Officer at Texas Regional Bank after working for more than 15 years at an AmLaw 100 law firm.
“Jacque has a sophisticated understanding of the financial services regulatory landscape, which will allow us to expand upon the M&A and compliance guidance we offer to our clients and to community banks in particular,” said Bradley Dallas Office Managing Partner John A. Bonnet III. “She is well regarded in the Texas banking industry and adds substantial depth to our financial services capabilities in Texas.”
“Adding Jacque to our team continues our firm’s long-standing commitment to offering high-quality, practical legal advice to our banking and financial services clients in Texas and across the country,” said Robert Maddox, partner and chair of Bradley’s Banking and Financial Services Practice Group.
Robert N. Flowers, a partner and colleague in Dallas, added “With nearly two decades of experience, Jacque’s proficiency in providing corporate, securities, and regulatory representation to commercial banks, holding companies, and other financial institutions will be instrumental in Bradley’s continued representation of financial institutions across the firm’s markets and elsewhere.”
Ms. Kruppa brings 20 years of experience advising banks on a wide range of corporate, regulatory, compliance, and transactional matters. She excels at building trusting business relationships, directing multi-functional teams, and presenting strategic and risk-management recommendations to key organizational leaders. Her background includes advising a $2.7 billion community banking organization on U.S. banking laws and regulations and working in private practice for a national law firm where she advised community banks on complex corporate, regulatory, compliance, and transactional matters. Ms. Kruppa has represented banks and bank holding companies in more than 90 M&A transactions and in more than 60 private offerings of equity and debt securities.
Ms. Kruppa earned her J.D. from the SMU Dedman School of Law and received her B.B.A. in Finance from Texas A&M University.
Bradley’s Dallas office has tripled in size since it opened in 2019, adding 12 new attorney hires over the past year. Complemented by growth in its Houston office, the firm now has more than 140 attorneys who are licensed in Texas and have deep experience in complex litigation, banking, healthcare, real estate, government enforcement, corporate, M&A, construction and energy. Strategic expansion efforts contributed to Bradley’s especially strong performance in 2024, which included double-digit increases in revenue and net income as a result of the firm’s successful growth strategy and other investments over the previous five years. Bradley was among the top 10 law firms for percentage growth in Texas last year, according to an article in The Texas Lawbook.
Bradley’s Banking & Financial Services Practice Group counsels finance clients on their unique and particularly complex legal needs, including those pertaining to litigation, regulations and compliance, and other corporate matters. Representing a broad range of banks, lenders, and financial services institutions across the United States, the group’s attorneys provide experienced, proactive guidance on a broad spectrum of legal issues, including regulatory compliance, governmental investigations, risk assessments, audit and exam support, business transactions, litigation, and multi-state settlements.
