Previous Experience

JPMorgan Chase - Independent Consultant for the Global Analyst Conflict Settlement
U.S. Securites and Exchange Commission -Commissioner and Acting Chairman
U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs - Securities Counsel
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission - Division of Enforcement, Attorney

Thought Leadership

Keeping Apace of Cyberspace (1999 study and report about the impact of technology on the SEC and the federal securities laws)
Approximately 200 speeches about financial services legislation, regulation and the impact on business
Coauthored Law Review Article about Regulation FD
Testified on Capitol Hill (in official SEC capacity) regarding the impact of technology on the SEC's mission, the SEC's budget, enforcement, Y2K, and 9/11 and whether to close the financial markets
Frequent business news commentator

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Laura Unger

Special Adviser

Laura provides clients with strategic advice about matters relating to the SEC, regulatory and legislative process.

Representative Engagements

Strategic advice on SEC and other regulatory matters for large financial services firms.
Review and analysis of Dodd Frank Act and its implications on business activities.
Work with internal team on developing and articulating industry positions in the Dodd Frank rulemaking process.

A former SEC Commissioner (and Acting Chairman) and Senate Banking Committee Counsel, Laura has unique insight into a wide range of challenges faced by clients. She also draws upon her public company board experience over the last decade to provide guidance and insight on governance and business. Laura's career at the Securities and Exchange Commission and on Capitol Hill spanned a decade and a half. Most recently, she served as the 78th member of the SEC and as Acting Chairman for six months. Prior to returning to the SEC, where she began her career in New York and later D.C. as an Enforcement Attorney, Laura worked for several years as Securities Counsel to the Senate Banking Committee. She left the government in 2002 and expanded her expertise by working as an on camera CNBC Regulatory Expert for a year, and as the Independent Consultant to JPMorgan Chase for six years as part of the Global Analyst Conflict Settlement. She has also served as an Independent Director on a number of public corporate boards over the last nine years.

Education

J.D., New York Law School, International Business Review
B.A., Rhetoric, University of California, Berkeley

Affiliations, Awards, and Civic Engagements

Children's National Medical Center, Foundation Board Member
St. Patrick's Episcopal Day School, Member of Finance Committee
The Field School, Annual Fund Committee Co-Chair
Technology Person of the Year in 1999
NACD Council on Risk Oversight
Federal Bar Association, Securities Law Section Executive Council
Wall Street Lawyer Editorial Board
Children’s National Medical Center Board of Directors, Finance & Investment Committee