People
Dan M. Berkovitz
Legal AI Committee
Biography
Dan Berkovitz has extensive experience in the regulation and operation of the U.S. financial markets. From 2021 to 2023, Dan served as General Counsel of SEC. He served as a Commissioner of the CFTC, after previously serving as the CFTC’s General Counsel, where he helped draft the legislation that became Title VII of the Dodd-Frank Act.
Dan has also been a Partner and Co-Chair of the futures and derivatives practice at WilmerHale. Earlier, he served on the U.S. Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations, leading inquiries into energy trading and helping develop legislation expanding CFTC authority over energy swaps.
Dan is a member of the Norm Law Legal AI Committee and Vice Chairman at Millennium Management.
Admitted
New York, New York
Education
J.D., UC Law, San Francisco
B.A., Princeton University
Academia
Lecturer in Law, Columbia Law School
Adjunct Professor, Georgetown Law
Vice-Chair, American Bar Association Committee on Futures and Derivatives
Previous work
Head of Regulatory Affairs, NYDIG
Superintendent of New York Department of Financial Services
Chief of Staff, Executive Chamber, New York State
Special Assistant to the Attorney General, NY Attorney General’s Office
Assistant U.S. Attorney, Southern District of New York
Chief Counsel to Senator Charles Schumer, U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee
Trial Attorney, U.S. Department of Justice