Tyler S. Badgley

General Counsel, U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commissioin

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Administrative Law & Regulation • Article I Initiative • Campaign Finance • Constitution • Corporations, Securities & Antitrust • Election Law • Federal Courts • Federalism • Federalist Society • Financial Services • First Amendment • Founding Era & History • Jurisprudence • Law & Economics • Litigation • Politics • Professional Responsibility & Legal Education • Regulatory Transparency Project • Religious Liberty • Second Amendment • Security & Privacy • Separation of Powers • State Courts • State Governments • Supreme Court • Federalism & Separation of Powers • Financial Services & E-Commerce • Free Speech & Election Law • Religious Liberties • Originally Speaking • The Practice Groups • In-House Counsel Network

Tyler Badgley is the General Counsel at the Commodity Futures Trading Commission. In that role, Mr. Badgley leads the agency’s Legal Division and serves as the Commission’s chief legal advisor. He was appointed General Counsel in January 2026.

Prior to joining the CFTC, Mr. Badgley served as the Deputy General Counsel at the U.S. Department of the Treasury and was the first Executive Secretary under Secretary Scott K.H. Bessent. Mr. Badgley was previously a Senior Counsel at the U.S. Chamber Litigation Center, the litigation arm of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce. There, he focused on complex litigation and regulatory issues, particularly in connection with capital markets.

Mr. Badgley also practiced law at Sullivan & Cromwell LLP, served as a Special Counsel to the U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary, and began his legal career as a law clerk for the Honorable Edith H. Jones of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. Mr. Badgley graduated Order of the Coif from the University of Virginia School of Law, where he served as Articles Editor for the Virginia Law Review. He also received his undergraduate degree in Economics and Government from the University of Virginia.

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