Brian Cartwright
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| Born | 1948 |
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| Occupation | lawyer and former astrophysicist |
| Known for | SEC General Counsel 2006 - |
Brian Cartwright (born in 1948) is a senior lawyer and former astrophysicist. From 2006 he was General Counsel for the Securities and Exchange Commission of the USA[1].
[edit] Career
On January 3, 2006 the SEC Commission Chair Christopher Cox officially appointed ex-Latham & Watkins partner Brian Cartwright as its top lawyer, replacing Giovanni Prezioso.
Mr. Cartwright, 58, holds a law degree from Harvard Law School, where he was President of the Harvard Law Review and winner of the Sears Prize, 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.
Before becoming a lawyer, Mr. Cartwright was an astrophysicist graduating from Yale University, 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. He published numerous articles in scholarly journals including the Astrophysical Journal[2][3].
[edit] Personal Life
Brian Cartwright is married with three grown sons[4]
[edit] References
- ^ SEC press release. Retrieved on 2007-12-12.
- ^ Brian G. Cartwright, "The Origin of Fluorine, Sodium and Aluminum in the Galactic Cosmic Radiation", Astrophys. J., 169, 299, 1971.
- ^ Law Blog Recommendation. Retrieved on 2007-12-12.
- ^ Copy of LA Times article (2007-02-12). Retrieved on 2007-12-12.
| Preceded by Giovanni Prezioso |
SEC General Counsel 2006–Present |
Succeeded by Incumbent |
