Banner Bank Hires Craig Miller as Executive Vice President and General Counsel

WALLA WALLA, Wash.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--

The Banner Bank executive leadership team is pleased to announce Craig Miller has joined the Bank as Executive Vice President and General Counsel. In this role, Miller is responsible for overseeing the company's legal functions and is a member of the Executive Management Committee. This is a new position at the company.

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For 35 years, Miller was a senior litigation partner at Davis Wright Tremaine in Seattle. Just prior to joining Banner Bank, he was Of Counsel with the firm Rose Joneson Vargas in American Samoa.

Miller has extensive experience in state and federal commercial trials, mediations and arbitrations, covering a wide variety of litigation matters. His special concentration is representing creditors in distressed credit cases, including collections, foreclosures and bankruptcy adversary actions. He has frequently lectured on topics relative to the banking and finance industry including secured lending, lender liability defense and credit restructure.

"Banner Bank has engaged Davis Wright Tremaine to assist us with legal matters over the years, working specifically with Craig, so he is familiar with our company and leadership team," said Mark J. Grescovich, President and Chief Executive Officer. "Craig's expertise aligns very well with our industry and his skills are an excellent addition to our team as we look to the future for our growing company."

Miller earned his bachelor's degree from Grinnell College and his Juris Doctor degree (JD) from the University of Southern California Law School.

He has a long history of being active in the Seattle community, including serving on the boards of the YMCA of Greater Seattle, Childhaven and King County Sexual Assault Resource Center.

About Banner Bank

Banner Bank is a Washington-chartered commercial bank that conducts business from more than 200 locations in Washington, Oregon, California, Utah and Idaho. Banner Bank is a community bank which offers a wide variety of commercial banking services and financial products to individuals and small and medium-sized businesses and their employees throughout the western U.S. Visit Banner Bank at www.bannerbank.com.

About Banner Corporation

Banner Corporation BANR is a $9.9 billion bank holding company operating two commercial banks in five Western states through a network of branches offering a full range of deposit services and business, commercial real estate, construction, residential, agricultural and consumer loans. Visit Banner Bank on the Web at www.bannerbank.com.

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