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Pratt's Commercial Lending Question and Answer Book

Lending officers need quick answers to the questions that arise during the course of a day, regarding all stages of a commercial loan.

Pratt’s Commercial Lending Question & Answer Book covers virtually every question you will have about how to make a commercial loan. The book is organized in parts that correspond to each step in the lending process: credit analysis, documentation of the commitment and the loan, maintaining and monitoring the loan, renewing or restructuring the loan, and the problem loan. Pratt’s Commercial Lending Question & Answer Book is a comprehensive resource that you can keep on your desk or bookshelf and refer to throughout the day. The unique question-and-answer format focuses on the practical questions that arise as you are performing your job.

Our expert author has compiled all the questions she gets daily in her job as in-bank counsel, and has made it easy for you to get the answers:

• Unique question-and-answer format takes you right to your question and its answer.
• Focus is on everyday questions and practical answers.
• Questions are organized according to the lending process and by topic, so you can easily find what you’re looking for.
• A range of questions and answers is tailored to help both trainees and senior staff.
• Answers are direct and specific. There’s no need to search through the Uniform Commercial Code, consult counsel, or refer to arcane court cases.
• Periodic updates ensure that you’re always working from the latest rulings and interpretations.

Order Pratt’s Commercial Lending Question & Answer Book now to answer all your questions about commercial lending.

About the Author

Pamela S. Gotcher is an attorney for Bank One Corporation. In this capacity, she provides legal advice and counsel to Bank One International Corporation, as well as the commercial lending areas for Bank One. During her 14 years in banking law, her expertise has covered a wide variety of legal banking matters.

Ms. Gotcher has written the Sheshunoff publication Managing Problem Loans (Sheshunoff, 1992) and currently updates the Consumer Lending Compliance Service and Guide to Commercial Banking Law. She is also a regular contributor to Sheshunoff's High Performance Banking newsletter. Ms. Gotcher is a member of the American, Federal, Texas, Oklahoma, Dallas, and Tulsa Bar Associations and the Texas-Mexico Bar Association.

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