Michael Roy Fugler

Mr. Fugler is a native of Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
He received a Juris Doctorate in 1972 and a Bachelor of Arts in 1970 from Louisiana State University.
In 1972, Mr. Fugler was appointed Special Counsel to the East Baton Rouge Parish District Attorney's Office.
During his tenure with the DA's office, he served as a criminal law instructor for the Louisiana State Police Training Academy and thereafter he served as executive assistant to the Chairman for the 1973 Louisiana Constitutional Convention.
Extending his knowledge to national and international levels, The American Bar Association elected Mr. Fugler Vice-Chair of Torts & Insurance, and the US Office of the Attorney General selected him to take part in an American-Japanese summit, "A New Era in Legal and Economic Relationships." He was also chosen to participate in an historic meeting of the best international legal minds when the new post-Communist era Moscow hosted the "International Conference on Law Enforcement and Community Policing." These designations are in addition to a myriad of citations, honors and awards.
Mr. Fugler's legal practice later focused on international law, specializing in corporate law and finance regarding securities, public companies, trade, and investment and merchant banking and he currently holds Series 7, 24 and 63 securities licenses.
In 1996, Mr. Fugler served as a principal of I-Bankers Securities, Inc., directing the Corporate Finance division.
In 2000, Mr. Fugler was elected to the NIBA Board of Directors, on which he continues to serve.
In 2001, Mr. Fugler was elected Chairman of NIBA, and re-elected to that position in 2002.
In 2003, he was elected Secretary-Treasurer of NIBA and was re-elected to that position for 2006 and again, in 2005.