Head of the Litigation Branch, Office of the General Counsel. First chair in critical cases; supervise staff of 6-10 lawyers; represent CFTC in appeals from enforcement actions, agency adjudications, and other matters; challenges to rulemaking & other agency and staff actions; commodity-broker bankruptcies. Advise Commission in agency adjudications, including reparations actions & appeals from SRO disciplinary actions. Advise Division of Enforcement & sign off on all enforcement actions & settlements. Advise Commissioners & staff on rulemaking & other agency & staff actions. Subject areas include the Commodity Exchange Act (CEA) & CFTC regulations; the Dodd-Frank Act; Administrative Procedure Act; cost-benefit analysis; cross-border futures & swaps regulation & enforcement; position limits; unauthorized trading; leveraged, margined, or financed commodity transactions; CPOs; CTAs; SEFs; DCMs; swap dealers; swap data repositories; FCMs; DCOs; fraud; manipulation; spoofing; cryptocurrency/vitual currency/digital assets. Representative Matters:-In re Commodity Futures Trading Commission (Kraft), 941 F.3d 869 (7th Cir. 2019) (writ of mandamus granted) -CFTC v. Monex Credit Co., 931 F.3d 966 (9th Cir. 2019) (leveraged retail metals fraud) -CFTC v. Crombie, 914 F.3d 1208 (9th Cir. 2019) (commodity trading advisor fraud)-In re Peregrine Fin. Grp., 866 F.3d 775 (7th Cir. 2017) (FCM bankruptcy)-CFTC v. JBW Capital, LLC, No. 812 F.3d 98 (1st Cir. 2016) (commodity pool fraud)-CFTC v. Battoo, 790 F.3d 748 (7th Cir. 2015) (receivership)-CFTC v. Hunter Wise Commodities, 749 F.3d 967 (11th Cir. 2014) (leveraged retail metals fraud)-DTCC Data Repository (US) LLC v. CFTC, 25 F.Supp.3d 9 (D.D.C 2014) (swap data reporting)-SIFMA v. CFTC, 67 F.Supp.3d 373 (D.D.C. 2014) (cross-border swaps regulation)

Senior Litigation Attorney, Office of General Counsel. Representative Matters (lead counsel or second chair):- In re MF Global, Inc., No. 11-2790 (Bankr. S.D.N.Y.), 12-cv-05596, 12-cv-06014 (S.D.N.Y.) (FCM bankruptcy & customer asset protection)- CFTC v. Financial Robotics, Inc., et al., No. 11-20633 (5th Cir.) (commodity pool fraud)- Investment Company Institute, et al. v. CFTC, No. 12-00612 (D.D.C.), No. 12-5413 (D.C. Cir.) (regulation of commodity pool operators)- Bloomberg, L.P. v. CFTC, No. 13-00523 (D.D.C.) (margin collateral rules)

Practice focused on business litigation, director and officer liability actions, securities and financial fraud litigation, appellate litigation, derivative suits, M&A controversies, audit and accounting malpractice, government enforcement actions, internal and external investigations, and litigation under the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act. Representative matters:-SEC v. KPMG LLP, No. 03-cv-0671 (S.D.N.Y)-In re Adelphia Communications, Inc. Securities Litigation, 1:03-md-01529 (S.D.N.Y.)-In re Motorola Securities Litigation, No. 03-cv-00287 (N.D. Ill.)-In re Refco, Inc. Securities Litigation, 05-cv-8626 (S.D.N.Y.)-United States v. Zacarias Moussaoui, No. 06-4494 (4th Cir.)-Stoneridge Investment Partners, LLC v. Scientific Atlanta, Inc., et al., No. 05-1974 (8th Cir.), 06-43 (U.S.)-DRFP L.L.C. d/b/a Skye Ventures v. The Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, et al., No. 2:04-cv-00793 (S.D. Ohio), No. 09-3424 (6th Cir.)-Astra USA, Inc., et al. v. Santa Clara County, No. 09-1273 (U.S.)