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Legal Counsel
Legal Counsel, Community Development Financial Institutions Fund
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The Legal Counsel Office of the Community Development Financial Institutions
(CDFI) Fund is responsible for providing legal advice to the Director of the
CDFI Fund and other CDFI Fund officials. The Legal Counsel supervises a staff
of two attorneys and one paralegal. The CDFI Fund, including the Legal Counsel
Office, is located in Washington, D.C.
The CDFI Fund, a wholly owned government corporation within the Department
of the Treasury, promotes economic revitalization and development in distressed
urban and rural comunities throughout the United States. By providing strategic
investments and leveraging private sector funds, the Fund promotes access to
capital and local economic growth. The CDFI Fund also encourages economic opportunity
by advancing the role of microenterprise development in the United States.
The Legal Counsel Office is responsible for providing all legal services
pertaining to the operations and functions of the CDFI Fund, including advice
pertaining to investment of funds in community development financial institutions,
federal legislation, regulations and policy, various organizational matters,
representation of the Fund before regulatory and oversight agencies and committees,
and contractual and administrative matters.
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