Richard Scott Carnell is a United States lawyer who was Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for Financial Institutions from 1993 to 1999.
Biography
editRichard S. Carnell was educated at Yale University, receiving a B.A. in 1975.[1] He later attended Harvard Law School, receiving a J.D. in 1982.[1]
From 1982 to 1984, Carnell worked as an associate attorney at the law firm of Broad, Schulz, Larson & Wineberg in San Francisco.[1] He then worked as an attorney for the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System from 1984 to 1987.[1] He became Counsel of the United States Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs in 1987 and was then the Committee's Senior Counsel 1989-1993.[1]
In 1993, President of the United States Bill Clinton nominated Carnell to be Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for Financial Institutions.[1] He held that office until 1999.[1]
Since leaving government service, Carnell has been a law professor at the Fordham University School of Law.[1]