Brian Cartwright Explained

Brian Cartwright
Known For:	SEC General Counsel 2006 - 2009^[1]
Education:	Yale University University of Chicago Harvard University
Occupation:	Lawyer Former astrophysicist

Brian G. Cartwright (born 1948) is an American lawyer and former astrophysicist. From 2006 to 2009, he was general counsel for the Securities and Exchange Commission of the USA.^[2]

Career

On January 3, 2006, the SEC Commission Chair Christopher Cox officially appointed ex-Latham & Watkins partner Brian G. Cartwright as its top lawyer, replacing Giovanni Prezioso.^{[3] [4] [5]} In 2008 Cartwright announced he was leaving the SEC.^[6]

Cartwright holds a Juris Doctor from Harvard Law School, where he was president of the Harvard Law Review and winner of the Sears Prize,^[7] 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, 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.^{[8] [9]}

Personal life

Brian Cartwright is married with three sons.^[10]

See also

• List of law clerks of the Supreme Court of the United States (Seat 8)

Notes and References

1. Qualters . Sheri . SEC Taps Deputy GC as Acting GC . . January 26, 2009 .
2. Web site: SEC press release. 2007-12-12.
3. News: Solomon . Deborah . Scannell . Kara . 7 December 2005 . SEC Chief to Name Ex-Colleague To Top Legal Job . 2024-04-16 . . en-US.
4. Web site: Peterson . Jonathan . 2006-01-03 . Lawyer in L.A. Seen as Pick for SEC Post . 2024-04-16 . Los Angeles Times . en-US.
5. Web site: Brian Cartwright Named SEC General Counsel; 2006-1; Jan. 3, 2006 . 2024-04-16 . www.sec.gov.
6. Web site: General Counsel Brian Cartwright Leaving SEC to Return to Private Sector (Press Release No. 2008-277; November 20, 2008 . 2024-04-16 . www.sec.gov.
7. News: Burns . Judith . 4 January 2006 . SEC Names Brian Cartwright Its New General Counsel . 2024-04-16 . . en-US.
8. Brian G. Cartwright, "The Origin of Fluorine, Sodium and Aluminum in the Galactic Cosmic Radiation", Astrophys. J., 169, 299, 1971.
9. News: Law Blog Recommendation. 2007-12-12 . The Wall Street Journal.
10. Web site: Copy of LA Times article. 2007-02-12. 2007-12-12.