At least three Wall Street executives will ring in the new year in the hot seat: Top executives from Goldman Sachs, JP Morgan Chase, and Morgan Stanley are among those slated to testify in mid-January before a high-profile commission investigating the causes of the financial crisis.

Goldman Sachs Chairman and Chief Executive Lloyd Blankfein, JPMorgan Chase Chairman and CEO Jamie Dimon, and Morgan Stanley Chairman John Mack are among those confirmed to appear at the first hearing of the Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission on Jan. 13 and 14 in Washington, according to a partial list of witnesses released by the Commission on Dec. 23.

Brian Moynihan, who becomes Bank of America Corp. CEO and president as of Jan. 1, 2010, is also expected to attend, but hasn't yet been confirmed.

The hearing, "Causes and Current State of the Financial Crisis," will mark the first in a series to be held throughout the year by the 10-member panel, which was created by Congress under the Fraud Enforcement and Recovery Act passed in May.

The independent Commission, led by former California State Treasurer Phil Angelides, has said it will hold hearings on more than 20 areas of inquiry related to the financial crisis, including the causes of the collapse of financial institutions that failed or would've failed without exceptional government assistance.

In a statement, Angelides and Vice Chairman Bill Thomas said the Commission will be taking testimony from "hundreds of individuals" as it investigates the causes of the financial crisis.

The Commission's work is expected to inform Congress' efforts to overhaul U.S. financial services regulation in response to the financial crisis. The House passed its version of a massive regulatory reform bill earlier this month. The Senate is still crafting its reform legislation. A draft version released by Senate Banking Committee Chairman Chris Dodd in November was panned.

The panel is due to report its findings to Congress by Dec. 15, 2010.

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