Freddie Mac Legal Chief Ricardo Anzaldua Announces Retirement

Freddie Mac’s top lawyer Ricardo Anzaldua is stepping down on Wednesday after nearly three years with the mortgage loan company.

Anzaldua will help with a transition through the end of the month before beginning his retirement, according to a Tuesday SEC filing. The filing did not name a successor. Freddie Mac didn’t immediately respond to a request for comment.

Anzaldua, a longtime advocate for diversity in the law, joined McLean, Va.-based Freddie Mac, formally known as the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp., in 2018 and was promoted to executive vice president and general counsel in January 2019.

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