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EMPLOYMENT HISTORY Partner, Mayer, Brown & Platt, 190 South LaSalle Street, Chicago, Illinois 60603, 3/89 to present, with emphasis on litigation, transactions, and regulatory advice for securities and commodities professionals. Instructor, Stuart School of Business Graduate Program, Illinois Institute of Technology, Legal, Regulatory and Ethical Issues for Financial Markets. General Counsel, Commodity Futures Trading Commission , 2033 K Street, NW. Washington, D.C. 20581, 2/87 to 3/89.
Provide legal advice and counsel to the Commission on all matters relating to the Commodity Exchange Act and all other relevant matters of law. Manage the activities of 35 persons office of the General Counsel. Review regulatory initiatives and other public pronouncements of the Commission for conformity with law. Responsible for all appellate litigation and defense of actions against the Commission in district courts. Counsel/Executive Assistant to the Chairman, Commodity Futures Trading Commission, 6/84 to 2/87.
Review and analyze complex legal and policy issued and offer recommendations to the Chairman. Ensure appropriate and timely execution of goals, priorities and objectives of the Commission by Commission staff. Represent Chairman to persons and groups outside the Commission, including Federal and State agencies, representatives of foreign governments and private parties. Supervise staff of the Office of the Chairman (over 20 full-time employees including Secretariat, Governmental Affairs, FOIA, Communications and Education Services). Counsel to the Chairman/Director of Governmental Affairs, Commodity Futures Trading Commission, 6/81 to 6/84.
Provide counsel to the Chairman on legal matters, legislative issued and relations with other governmental entities. Supervise and direct CFTC participation in the Vice President's Working Group on Regulation of Financial Services. Represent Chairman to Congress and other Federal agencies and foreign governments. Administrative Assistant to Congressman, 1/79 to 3/81.
Counsel to Congressman. Manage functions of Washington and district offices. Draft speeches and letters. Law Practice, Jackson, Mississippi, 1/70 to 1/79.
General practice with emphasis on litigation and corporate law. Assistant Prosecutor for the City of Jackson, Mississippi. Administrative, Mississippi Farm Bureau Insurance Companies, Jackson, Mississippi, 1/68 to 1/70.
Assistant Supervisor of policy rating and writing with direct supervisory responsibility for 40 employees.
EDUCATION: Mississippi College School of Law, LL.B., 1969
University of Mississippi, B.A., 1967
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