Alfred Pollard

Alfred Pollard advises on housing finance, federal preemption, banking legislation, and regulatory affairs. He brings experience in major litigation, legislative and regulatory advocacy, and state and local government relations to clients facing the full range of issues that arise at the intersection of federal housing finance regulation, banking law, and public policy.

Alfred served as General Counsel for the Federal Housing Finance Agency and its predecessor for over 20 years (2000–2021), where he managed the Office of General Counsel and personally addressed major litigation, legislative, regulatory, and intergovernmental matters; he also served as the agency representative to the Administrative Conference of the United States. Earlier in his career he led legislative and regulatory efforts for national trade associations representing the largest U.S. financial institutions, served as Washington representative on legislative and regulatory issues for the fifth-largest U.S. banking firm, and held senior positions including director of government affairs for the Financial Services Roundtable and the Savings and Community Bankers of America, and Senior Vice President for Government Affairs at Security Pacific National Bank. Alfred also served on the staff of two United States senators.