Christy Goldsmith Romero

Christy Goldsmith Romero
Alma mater Old Dominion University
Brigham Young University's J. Reuben Clark Law School
Occupation Lawyer

Christy Goldsmith Romero is an American lawyer and federal government official. She serves as the Special Inspector General of the Troubled Asset Relief Program. In this capacity, she has tried to investigate Wall Street CEOs responsible for the financial crisis of 2007–2008.

Early life

Christy Goldsmith Romero graduated from Old Dominion University, where she earned a bachelor of science in business.[1] She subsequently earned a JD from the J. Reuben Clark Law School at Brigham Young University.[1]

Career

Goldsmith Romero began her career as a clerk to Robert Clive Jones.[1] She subsequently worked for the law firms Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld, Snell & Wilmer and Jenner & Block.[1] She worked for the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission from 2003 to 2009.[1]

Goldsmith Romero worked for the Troubled Asset Relief Program from 2009 to 2012,[1] under Neil Barofsky.[2] She has served as the Special Inspector General of the Troubled Asset Relief Program since April 9, 2012.[1][2] In October 2016, she called on Congress to pass legislations which would enable her to see through the corporate culture of Wall Street and investigate the CEOs responsible for the financial crisis of 2007–2008.[3][4] In particular, she suggested CEOs should report every year that their corporations have committed no fraud or abuse.[4][5][6] In May 2017, Goldsmith Romero expressed concern over President Trump's budget cuts, which she feared would make it harder for her to investigate those Wall Street executives.[7] By August 2017, she told the Financial Times, "Our nation cannot afford to take our eye off the ball when it comes to crime or other illegal practices inside banks that require law enforcement response."[8]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "The Special Inspector General". Office of the Special Inspector General of the Troubled Asset Relief Program. Retrieved August 7, 2017.
  2. 1 2 Finkle, Victoria (July 27, 2016). "The Big Fish Seen Escaping an Agency Pursuing Bank Fraud". The New York Times. Retrieved August 7, 2017.
  3. ↑ Merle, Renae (October 26, 2016). "This obscure government agency has a plan to put Wall Street CEOs in prison". The Washington Post. Retrieved August 7, 2017.
  4. 1 2 Levitz, Eric (October 26, 2016). "Federal Bureaucrats Unveil New Plan to Put Wall Street CEOs in Prison". New York Magazine. Retrieved August 7, 2017.
  5. ↑ Rucker, Patrick (October 26, 2016). "Wall Street leaders too insulated, says watchdog for U.S. rescue fund". Reuters. Retrieved August 7, 2017.
  6. ↑ McKenna, Francine (October 26, 2016). "TARP auditor wants bank CEOs to certify they've checked for fraud". MarketWatch. Retrieved August 7, 2017.
  7. ↑ Merle, Renae (May 23, 2017). "Trump's budget could make it harder to investigate banks that received taxpayer bailouts". The Washington Post. Retrieved August 7, 2017.
  8. ↑ Scannell, Kara (August 6, 2017). "US haul from credit crisis bank fines hits $150bn". Financial Times. Retrieved August 7, 2017.


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