Part I of this article focuses on the rationale for a new resolution regime in Title II of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (the “Dodd-Frank Act”), the perceived inadequacies in a Bankruptcy Code approach to the resolution of large financial institutions, the developmental work of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation on Title II, including the single-point-of-entry strategy, intended to make Title II an operational reality, and the role of resolution planning under Title I.