Michael S. Solender has been named executive vice president and chief legal officer of Washington Mutual Inc., Seattle. Mr. Solender, 44, succeeds interim CLO Stewart M. Landefeld, who is returning to private practice at Seattle-based Perkins Coie. Mr. Solender was most recently general counsel at The Bear Stearns Cos., where he managed the 500-person Legal and Compliance Department. He was previously a partner at the Washington, D.C.-based Arnold & Porter law firm and general counsel of the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission.
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