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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

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