Bank OZK announced that Andrea Chomakos has joined the company as Chief Fiduciary Officer. In this capacity, she will oversee the fiduciary administration of personal trust accounts on behalf of Bank OZK clients. Chomakos joins Bank OZK with over 20 years' experience representing high-net-worth clients with comprehensive and sophisticated estate plans, buying and selling businesses and implementing charitable planning.

Prior to joining Bank OZK, Chomakos was Partner at McGuireWoods where she served as co-chair of the firm's fiduciary litigation practice and regularly advised and represented fiduciaries in disputes and litigation. Chomakos is a fellow of the American College of Trust and Estate Counsel (ACTEC), has been selected as one of North Carolina's Legal Elite in Tax/Estate Planning and one of the State's top 50 female lawyers by Business North Carolina and a North Carolina Super Lawyer by Thomson Reuters. She is a frequent speaker on a variety of topics, including charitable planning and income tax planning, planning for partnership and partnership taxation, as well as business succession planning. Chomakos received her AB degree from the University of Michigan, her JD degree summa cum laude from the University of Detroit Mercy School of Law and her LLM degree in Taxation from New York University School of Law.