Frank Kressman serves as the agency’s General Counsel and leads the NCUA’s Office of General Counsel. This office’s duties include representing the agency in litigation, executing administrative actions, interpreting the Federal Credit Union Act and the NCUA’s rules and regulations, processing Freedom of Information Act requests, advising the NCUA Board and the agency on general legal matters, and maintaining the agency’s records management program. The General Counsel’s office also drafts regulations designed to ensure the continued safety and soundness of the credit union system.

Before his selection as General Counsel, Mr. Kressman served as a Deputy General Counsel to the NCUA. He joined the agency in 1998 as a staff attorney. His previous experience includes work as an attorney at the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission.

Mr. Kressman holds a bachelor’s degree from Dickinson College in Carlisle, Pennsylvania, a Juris Doctor from the Gonzaga University School of Law in Spokane, Washington, and a Master of Laws degree from The American University Washington School of Law in Washington, D.C.

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Will Hall

Will Hall

Director, Legal Advocacy

Leila Javanshir

Leila Javanshir

Attorney

Miller Nash LLP

Benjamin Lawsky

Head of Regulatory Affairs

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Brian Rose

Senior Financial Examiner

Department of Financial Regulation

Hal Scoggins

Hal Scoggins

Shareholder

Farleigh Wada Witt

Kelly Thompson Cochran

Kelly T. Cochran

Deputy Director

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