The Carson Medlin Company announced today that Jeffrey E. Adams has joined the firm as a Managing Director and will head the firm’s new Atlanta, Georgia office.  Mr. Adams, 40, has over 16 years of experience in the financial services industry, and has been focused on financial institutions for the past 11 years as an investment banker. Mr. Adams has also worked in the consumer banking field, having spent five years in management with the State Employees Credit Union in North Carolina.  From the firm’s new Atlanta office, Mr. Adams will advise community banks, insurance agencies and registered investment advisors on merger, capital raising and strategic advisory initiatives, services for which Carson Medlin has consistently been recognized as a market leader.

Gray Medlin, founder and chairman of The Carson Medlin Company, had the following comments about the firm’s newest member.  “CMC was founded more than seventeen years ago for one primary purpose—to be a high quality financial advisor to independent financial service companies in the United States.  From the beginning, the firm’s perspective was broader than a local market or two.  Today we are active in many of the nation’s best markets in the Southeast, the Southwest and on the West Coast.  We have always insisted on the highest quality—in our members, our clients and our business practices. We know Jeff Adams well and have admired his work for a long time. He is a perfect fit for the firm and its culture and ideally suited to strengthen our presence in the southeastern U.S.  Jeff also brings strong leadership skills to the firm.  We could not be more delighted to have him join the Carson Medlin team.

The Carson Medlin Company is an investment banking firm founded in 1991 to provide specialized corporate finance services to community financial institutions and independent financial services providers.  With offices in Tampa, Raleigh, and Atlanta, the firm advises banks, investment advisors and other financial services providers in the Southeast, the Southwest and on the West Coast on mergers and acquisitions, capital raising, and other valuation-related matters.  The firm is a broker-dealer registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission and a member of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA), formerly the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD).