North Dakota Law

Updates from the University of North Dakota School of Law.

Sean Smith, ’08, promoted at Capital Credit Union

Sean Smith was recently promoted to vice president of legal and risk management at Capital Credit Union’s Main Office.

In this role, he will monitor new and existing regulations to ensure compliance with credit union policies and provide legal support for contract review and disclosure requirements. He will also oversee Capital Credit Union’s legal, collections, compliance and Bank Secrecy Act departments.

Smith graduated from the University of North Dakota in 2005 with a bachelor’s degree in accounting. He earned a Juris Doctor degree from the University of North Dakota School of Law in 2008. He has been with Capital Credit Union since 2017, most recently as in-house counsel at the Main Office.

Capital Credit Union, originally chartered in North Dakota in 1936, is a not for-profit financial cooperative owned by each of its more than 30,000 members and overseen by a member-elected board of directors. We offer auto loans, home equity loans, mortgage loans, checking accounts, savings accounts, business loans and more to member individuals, businesses and other organizations located within a 75-mile radius of Bismarck, Hazen or Fargo, or a 50-mile radius of Beulah or New Salem.