While an increasing number of companies are promoting their general counsel into higher C-suite roles, troubled Wells Fargo & Co. remains stuck with its top lawyer starting his sixth month as acting CEO.

General counsel C. Allen Parker was named acting CEO in March while the bank’s board of directors continued its search for a new chief executive. Arati Randolph, Wells Fargo’s senior vice president for communications, said Tuesday there is no update on naming a permanent CEO.