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As a former SEC Commissioner and veteran enforcement attorney Allison Herren Lee has unprecedented expertise in securities, commodities, banking, money-laundering and foreign corrupt practices law. She was a member of the Financial Stability Oversight Committee, tasked with identifying and monitoring systemic risks across the financial sector. She also represented the SEC in various international fora such as the Financial Stability Board and the International Organization of Securities Commissions.
She was appointed by President Donald Trump to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, unanimously confirmed by the U.S. Senate, and sworn into office on July 8, 2019. In January 2021, she was appointed by President Biden as Acting Chair of the Commission and served in that role through April of 2021. She continued to serve as a Commissioner until she stepped down in July 2022. While at the Commission she was a champion for stronger whistleblower protections.
She currently serves as the Co-Chair of Kohn, Kohn & Colapinto’s Securities and Commodities practice and is an Adjunct Professor and Senior Research Fellow at NYU Law’s Institute for Corporate Governance and Finance.
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As a former SEC Commissioner and veteran enforcement attorney Allison Herren Lee has unprecedented expertise in securities, commodities, banking, money-laundering and foreign corrupt practices law. She was a member of the Financial Stability Oversight Committee, tasked with identifying and monitoring systemic risks across the financial sector. She also represented the SEC in various international fora such as the Financial Stability Board and the International Organization of Securities Commissions.
She was appointed by President Donald Trump to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, unanimously confirmed by the U.S. Senate, and sworn into office on July 8, 2019. In January 2021, she was appointed by President Biden as Acting Chair of the Commission and served in that role through April of 2021. She continued to serve as a Commissioner until she stepped down in July 2022. While at the Commission she was a champion for stronger whistleblower protections.
She currently serves as the Co-Chair of Kohn, Kohn & Colapinto’s Securities and Commodities practice and is an Adjunct Professor and Senior Research Fellow at NYU Law’s Institute for Corporate Governance and Finance.
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About
As a former SEC Commissioner and veteran enforcement attorney Allison Herren Lee has unprecedented expertise in securities, commodities, banking, money-laundering and foreign corrupt practices law. She was a member of the Financial Stability Oversight Committee, tasked with identifying and monitoring systemic risks across the financial sector. She also represented the SEC in various international fora such as the Financial Stability Board and the International Organization of Securities Commissions.
She was appointed by President Donald Trump to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, unanimously confirmed by the U.S. Senate, and sworn into office on July 8, 2019. In January 2021, she was appointed by President Biden as Acting Chair of the Commission and served in that role through April of 2021. She continued to serve as a Commissioner until she stepped down in July 2022. While at the Commission she was a champion for stronger whistleblower protections.
She currently serves as the Co-Chair of Kohn, Kohn & Colapinto’s Securities and Commodities practice and is an Adjunct Professor and Senior Research Fellow at NYU Law’s Institute for Corporate Governance and Finance.
