FDIC Announces Charles Yi as General Counsel — 2015-01-15

The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) announced the appointment of Charles Yi as the agency's new general counsel. The FDIC general counsel is in charge of the agency's Legal Division. Most recently, Mr. Yi served as staff director and chief counsel on the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs where he was responsible for all issues under the committee's jurisdiction. He previously served as deputy assistant secretary for banking and finance at the U.S. Treasury Department and as counsel for the Committee on Financial Services of the U.S. House of Representatives. Prior to his public sector experience, Mr. Yi practiced banking, corporate, and securities law at Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP in Washington, D.C., and Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz in New York, N.Y. He also previously served in the U.S. Army as captain and lieutenant in the Armored Cavalry. Mr.