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Andrew J. Ceresney [1] Debevoise & Plimpton and a former government official who served as director of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission 's Division of Enforcement.[2] [1]
Biography
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Ceresney graduated from Columbia College , summa cum laude Phi Beta Kappa , in 1993 and received his J.D. from Yale Law School in 1996.[1] [3]
From 1996 to 1997, he served as a law clerk to Michael Mukasey , former Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York . He then served as a law clerk to Dennis Jacobs , Chief Judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit between 1997 and 1998.[4]
He served as Deputy Chief Appellate Attorney in the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York , where he was a member of the Securities and Commodities Fraud Task Force and the Major Crimes Unit, overseeing investigations, trials, and appeals into white collar crimes including securities fraud, mail fraud, money laundering, and corruption.[4]
He joined Debevoise & Plimpton in 2003, becoming the co-chair of the firm's white collar and regulatory defense group.[1] JPMorgan Chase during an inquiry involving its foreclosure practices.[5] Donald Trump in a lawsuit against Timothy L. O'Brien for underestimating his net worth in a book.[6] [7]
In 2013, he was hired by Mary Jo White to join the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission as Co-Director of its Division of Enforcement.[4] U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York for more than a decade.[8] [9]
As head of SEC's division of enforcement, he took on a "broken windows " approach, enforcing the smallest of violations in hopes of keeping Wall Street from breaking major ones.[10] [11] Leon Cooperman and sports better Billy Walters .[9]
In 2017, Ceresney left the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and re-joined Debevoise & Plimpton as co-chair of the firm's litigation practice, a post once held by his mentor, Mary Jo White .[12] Stephanie Avakian .[13]
References
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^ "SEC.gov | Andrew Ceresney" . www.sec.gov . Retrieved 2021-07-12 .
^ "Alumni in the News" . Columbia College Today . Fall 2013. Retrieved July 12, 2021 .
^ a b c "SEC.gov | George Canellos and Andrew Ceresney Named Co-Directors of Enforcement" . www.sec.gov . Retrieved 2021-07-12 .
^ Protess, Ben (April 22, 2013). "Co-Directors for S.E.C. Signal Shift" . DealBook . Retrieved 2021-07-12 .
^ "SEC Bigwig and Trump Nemesis Returns to Debevoise" . news.bloomberglaw.com . Retrieved 2021-07-12 .
^ Fahrenthold, Donald (August 10, 2016). "Trump: A True Story" . The Washington Post . Retrieved July 12, 2021 .
^ "SEC chairman's former colleague to be named enforcement chief" . Better Markets . 2013-04-19. Retrieved 2021-07-12 .
^ a b Olson, Elizabeth (2017-01-24). "Former Top S.E.C. Enforcer Returning to Debevoise" . The New York Times . ISSN 0362-4331 . Retrieved 2021-07-12 .
^ "JD Supra: SEC Sends A Message — To Executives And Their Companies" . JD Supra . Retrieved 2021-07-12 .
^ "SEC.gov | Enforcement Director Andrew J. Ceresney to Leave SEC" . www.sec.gov . Retrieved 2021-07-12 .
^ Michaels, Dave (2017-01-24). "Former SEC Enforcement Chief Andrew Ceresney to Return to Private Practice" . Wall Street Journal . ISSN 0099-9660 . Retrieved 2021-07-12 .
^ "Andrew Ceresney to Step Down as SEC Enforcement Director" . Executive Gov . 2016-12-09. Retrieved 2021-07-12 .
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