An Evening with SEC Commissioner Paul S. Atkins

Commissioner Atkins was appointed by President George W. Bush to be a Commissioner of the Securities and Exchange Commission on July 29, 2002.  Commissioner Atkins' 22-year career has focused on the financial services industry and securities regulation. From 1990-94, Commissioner Atkins served on the staff of two former SEC Chairmen, Richard C. Breeden and Arthur Levitt, ultimately as executive assistant and counsellor  Under Chairman Breeden, he assisted in efforts to improve regulations regarding corporate governance, enhance shareholder communications, strengthen management accountability through proxy reform, and decrease barriers to entry for small businesses and middle market companies to the capital.  Under Chairman Levitt, he was responsible for organizing the SEC's individual investor program, including the first investor town hall meetings, an SEC consumer affairs advisory committee, and other investor education efforts, including the original Invest Wisely brochures regarding the fundamentals of the retail brokerage relationship and mutual fund investment. A member of the New York and California bars, Commissioner Atkins received his from Vanderbilt University Law School in 1983 and was Senior Editor of the Vanderbilt Law Review. He began his career as a lawyer in New York City, focusing on a wide range of corporate transactions for U.S. and foreign clients. He was resident for two years in his law firm's Paris office and admitted as conseil juridique in France in 1988.

Attorneys who attend will receive one (1) general hour of CLE TO REGISTER