Irvine, California-based Opus Bank announced the hiring of an experienced banking in-house attorney as its permanent executive vice president and general counsel.

Angelee Harris began her role as the top lawyer at Opus Bank earlier this month, according to her LinkedIn profile.

Opus Bank CEO, Paul Taylor, said in the press release he is happy to have Harris as general counsel.

“Her leadership experience, insight, and deep knowledge of the financial services industry will be of tremendous benefit to us and our long-term strategy,” Taylor said.

Harris last worked as the general counsel of Banc of California. She joined the bank in May 2013 and became the top lawyer in May 2018. Harris became general counsel of Banc of California at a time when the bank was under scrutiny from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission over alleged ties to a convicted fraudster. Harris has also served as the general counsel of Placer Sierra Bank and has worked as an associate and partner at Manatt, Phelps & Phillips. She graduated from the University of Utah S.J. Quinney College of Law.

A representative for Opus Bank did not respond to request for additional comment. Harris could not be reached for comment on Tuesday.

Harris replaces Carlton Langer, who served as the interim general counsel since joining Opus in November. Langer held in-house roles at The Huntington National Bank, FirstMerit Corp., National City Corp. and National Processing Inc. It is not clear if he will continue working in the legal department at Opus.

“We thank Carl for his service as Interim General Counsel over the past year, during which time the bank resolved several legacy issues and completed the search for a new General Counsel,” Taylor said in the press release.

Opus Bank is a commercial bank with $7.7 billion in total assets as of March 31.