Former U.S. Central Bridge FCU General Counsel and President/CEOFrancois Henriquez joined the Miami-based Shutts & Bowen LLP,the law firm announced Monday in a release. Henriquez will relocatefrom Kansas City to Miami to work in the Financial ServicesIndustry Practice Group, practicing primarily in the section'sCredit Union Law Group.

“This is a significant addition to our firm; François has atop-notch national financial reputation and has had extensiveexperience in dealing with the nation’s senior financial industryregulators,” said Bowman Brown, chairman of Shutts & Bowen’sExecutive Committee and the firm’s Financial Services PracticeGroup. “François adds depth to our group and broadens our nationalfootprint.”

Henriquez took over as Interim CEO of U.S. Central afterpost-conservatorship CEO Jim Nance was fired by the NCUA in Sept. 2009 after just six months. He wasnamed to the permanent wind-down post and assisted the NCUA in operating the top-tier corporate as itwound down the services it provided to pass-through and othercorporates. U.S. Central closed Oct. 29.