Brian Cartwright

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Brian Cartwright
Born1948 (age 7576)
Occupation(s) Lawyer
Former astrophysicist
Known forSEC General Counsel 2006 - 2009 [1]

Brian G. Cartwright (born 1948) is an American lawyer and former astrophysicist. From 2006 to 2009, he was general counsel for the Securities and Exchange Commission of the USA. [2]

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Career

On January 3, 2006, the SEC Commission Chair Christopher Cox officially appointed ex-Latham & Watkins partner Brian G. Cartwright as its top lawyer, replacing Giovanni Prezioso. [3] [4] [5] In 2008 Cartwright announced he was leaving the SEC. [6]

Cartwright holds a Juris Doctor from Harvard Law School, where he was president of the Harvard Law Review and winner of the Sears Prize, [7] given every year to the first and second-year students with the highest grade point averages. He served as law clerk to U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Connor from 1981 to 1982. [7]

Before becoming a lawyer, Cartwright was an astrophysicist graduating from Yale University. [4] He earned a Ph.D. in physics from the University of Chicago and worked as a research physicist at the University of California at Berkeley's space sciences laboratory. [4] He published numerous articles in scholarly journals including the Astrophysical Journal. [8] [9]

Personal life

Brian Cartwright is married with three sons. [10]

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References

  1. Qualters, Sheri (January 26, 2009). "SEC Taps Deputy GC as Acting GC". National Law Journal .
  2. "SEC press release" . Retrieved 2007-12-12.
  3. Solomon, Deborah; Scannell, Kara (7 December 2005). "SEC Chief to Name Ex-Colleague To Top Legal Job". The Wall Street Journal . Retrieved 2024-04-16.
  4. 1 2 3 Peterson, Jonathan (2006-01-03). "Lawyer in L.A. Seen as Pick for SEC Post". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2024-04-16.
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  6. "General Counsel Brian Cartwright Leaving SEC to Return to Private Sector (Press Release No. 2008-277; November 20, 2008". www.sec.gov. Retrieved 2024-04-16.
  7. 1 2 Burns, Judith (4 January 2006). "SEC Names Brian Cartwright Its New General Counsel". The Wall Street Journal . Retrieved 2024-04-16.
  8. Brian G. Cartwright, "The Origin of Fluorine, Sodium and Aluminum in the Galactic Cosmic Radiation", Astrophys. J., 169, 299, 1971.
  9. "Law Blog Recommendation". The Wall Street Journal. Retrieved 2007-12-12.
  10. "Copy of LA Times article". 2007-02-12. Retrieved 2007-12-12.[ permanent dead link ]
Preceded by SEC General Counsel
20062009
Succeeded by
Andy Vollmer (acting)