Experience

For 30 years, Dwight has advised on banking law, both in private practice and in the federal government.

Over his career, Dwight has:

• Advised banking organizations for over 20 years on the regulatory aspects of corporate transactions and on various compliance requirements for wholesale and retail operations, as well as representing them in enforcement proceedings. Dwight most recently was as of counsel at Covington & Burling and previously was a partner with Alston & Bird, Morrison & Foerster, and Nelson Mullins.

• Served as Deputy Chief Counsel between 1990 and 1999 at the Office of Thrift Supervision, a bureau in the Treasury Department charged with regulating savings associations in the wake of the S&L crisis of the 1980s. For four of those years, he ran the unit responsible for the legal review of all major mergers and acquisitions, securities offerings, and mutual-to-stock conversions. He also advised the Director on enforcement decisions and on other matters, including the federal role in resolving the Rhode Island credit union crisis.