General Counsel

Rusty McGranahan

Russell “Rusty” McGranahan will serve as General Counsel of the General Services Administration. Rusty’s career spans nearly 30 years at several top companies and firms. He was most recently General Counsel of Focus Financial Partners, a wealth management firm.  He was with Focus Financial for nine years, leading the legal function in a highly regulated industry through an explosive period of growth, including their IPO in 2018 and their going private transaction in 2023. Before Focus Financial, Rusty was with BlackRock for nine years as Managing Director, M&A Counsel and Corporate Secretary. Rusty began his career at two major law firms, Skadden, Arps, and White & Case. He graduated from Yale Law School with a J.D. and from the Catholic University of America, summa cum laude, with a B.A., double majoring in Economics and Politics.

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