Redding Bank of Commerce Announces Casey Freeland Joins the Company as Vice President - Commercial Lending

REDDING, Calif., Dec. 9, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Patrick J. Moty, President & CEO of Bank of Commerce Holdings (NASDAQ:BOCH), a $939 million financial services holding company, and parent company of Redding Bank of Commerce™, Roseville Bank of Commerce™, and Bank of Commerce Mortgage™ today proudly announced the addition of Casey Freeland as Vice President - Commercial Lending.

"We are very excited to welcome a colleague of Mr. Freeland's caliber to our lending team at Bank of Commerce. We believe that Mr. Freeland will prove to be a valuable asset to our Company," said Patrick J. Moty, President and CEO.

Mr. Freeland joins our Company with ten years of banking experience – most currently with Tri Counties Bank. Mr. Freeland has managed diversified commercial borrowing transactions in seven Northern California counties. He is fluent in equipment financing, operating lines, guidance lines, construction and development financing and both owner-occupied and investor real estate transactions. Mr. Freeland is a 2005 graduate of Commercial Lending School through the California Bankers Association.

About Bank of Commerce Holdings: Bank of Commerce Holdings, with administrative offices in Redding, California is a financial service holding company that owns Redding Bank of Commerce™, Roseville Bank of Commerce™, and Bank of Commerce Mortgage™.  The bank is a federally insured California banking corporation and opened on October 22, 1982.  BOCH is a NASDAQ Global Market listed stock. Please contact your local investment advisor for purchases and sales. Investment firms making a market in BOCH stock are:

Howe Barnes Hoefer & Arnett Investment Inc. /
John T. Cavender
555 Market Street
San Francisco, CA (800) 346-5544

McAdams Wright Ragen, Inc. /Joey Warmenhoven
1121 SW Fifth Avenue
Suite 1400
Portland, Oregon 97204 (866) 662-0351

SOURCE Bank of Commerce Holdings