BofA Names Outgoing Ford General Counsel Leitch Top Lawyer
- Leitch had spent more than a decade at the Detroit automaker
- Gary Lynch remains as vice chairman and adviser to board
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Bank of America Corp., the lender with the highest legal bills after the financial crisis, named Ford Motor Co.’s David Leitch as its next general counsel to replace Gary Lynch, who became vice chairman earlier this year.
Leitch, 54, will be a member of the bank’s management team reporting to Chief Executive Officer Brian Moynihan starting Jan. 1, the firm said in a statement Thursday. The lawyer will be based in Charlotte, North Carolina, where the company has its headquarters. Ford announced last month that Leitch planned to leave after a decade at the automaker.