Harrel Pettway

Mr. Pettway was named Senior Deputy General Counsel in the FDIC’s Legal Division in May 2019; prior to that, he served as Deputy General Counsel. He joined the FDIC in July 2015 as an Assistant General Counsel for Labor, Employment, and Administration, and was promoted to Deputy General Counsel for Corporate Operations in 2016, where he was responsible for advising the FDIC Chairman and Board members on corporate authorities, labor and employment law, contracts and procurement, the Freedom of Information Act, privacy, information security, ethics, dispute resolution, and litigation.

Prior to joining the FDIC, Mr. Pettway was Deputy General Counsel at the Defense Logistics Agency in Fort Belvoir, VA. He was also Chief Legal Officer at the Defense Technical Information Center, Fort Belvoir, VA.

Mr. Pettway received a Juris Doctor from George Mason University School of Law; a Post-Graduate certificate from Harvard University; a Master of Business Administration from Troy University; a Master of Science in Joint Strategic Leadership from The Air War College; and a Bachelor of Science in Business Management and Economics from the State University of New York. He also is a graduate of the Stonier Graduate School of Banking at the University of Pennsylvania.