Kirsten

Gillibrand

Kirsten grew up in upstate New York in a family of women with a tradition of public service. She learned about campaigning and organizing from her political powerhouse grandmother. And her mother’s legal work taught her the importance of advocating for communities who are too often overlooked. Kirsten followed their lead, first working as a lawyer, then finding her own path to public service.

Kristin

Johnson

Commissioner Johnson was sworn in as a CFTC Commissioner on March 30, 2022, after being nominated by President Joseph Biden in September 2021, and unanimously confirmed by the United States Senate.

Hon. Michael Kaplan

The Honorable Michael B. Kaplan was appointed as a bankruptcy judge on October 3, 2006, for the District of New Jersey and designated Chief Judge on May 1, 2020. Prior to taking the bench, Judge Kaplan served as a Standing Chapter 13 Bankruptcy Trustee, as well as a member of the Chapter 7 panel of bankruptcy trustees, where he received case appointments as both a Chapter 11 and Chapter 12 trustee. His private practice included the representation of institutional lenders consumer debtors (under both Chapters 7 & 13), business debtors and individuals undergoing reorganization pursuant to Chapter 11. Judge Kaplan received his A.B. degree from Georgetown University (1984) and his J.D. Degree from Fordham University School of Law (1987). He is licensed to practice law in New Jersey, New York and Connecticut, and is admitted to practice before the U.S. Supreme Court, Third Circuit Court of Appeals, U.S. Court of International Trade and various federal district courts.

Hon. Martin Glenn

Martin Glenn was sworn in as a United States Bankruptcy Judge for the Southern District of New York on November 30, 2006. He was appointed Chief Judge of the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York on March 1, 2022.

Jennifer

Morton

Jennifer D. Morton is a partner in the global Financial Institutions Advisory & Financial Regulatory group and leads the firm’s broker-dealer regulatory practice. Jennifer represents global investment banking firms, private banks and wealth management organizations, electronic trading platforms, alternative trading systems, investment advisers, hedge funds, private equity firms, U.S. and non-U.S. broker-dealers and banks on matters involving the regulation of broker-dealers and securities markets. Jennifer advises clients on a wide range of corporate and regulatory compliance matters, including in connection with mergers and acquisitions and cross-border transactions, restructuring and business expansion matters, and trading and markets issues. She also has extensive experience representing US and non-US corporate and investment banking clients in public offerings and private placements, and assisting clients on internal investigations and enforcement matters. Prior to joining the Financial Institutions Advisory & Financial Regulatory Group, Jennifer was a member of the firm’s Capital Markets Group, where she represented issuers and financial institutions in connection with securities offerings, including shelf registrations and take-downs of equity and investment grade debt, Rule 144A/Reg. S high yield debt offerings, tender offers and consent solicitations. Jennifer also advises financial services firms and fintech startups on securities and broker-dealer regulatory matters relating to digital assets and blockchain technology. In this regard, Jennifer is an active member of the firm’s FinTech Foundry, a program designed to support the FinTech-related activities of our clients and provide thought leadership, mentorship and advice to the wider FinTech ecosystem. Jennifer is a member of the American Bar Association, Business Law Section’s Committee on Federal Regulation of Securities, Subcommittee on FINRA Corporate Financing Rules, Subcommittee on Trading and Markets, Committee on State Regulation of Securities, and Subcommittee on State Broker-Dealers and Investment Advisers.

Alison

Levine

Alison R. Levine is an Assistant Regional Director in the Division of Enforcement’s New York Regional Office of the U.S. Securities & Exchange Commission. Prior to becoming an Assistant Regional Director, Ms. Levine was an enforcement attorney in the Crypto Assets & Cyber Unit, where she investigated and litigated actions covering a wide range of crypto-related violations of the securities laws, including the Commission’s litigation against Telegram Group Inc. Prior to joining the SEC, Ms. Levine was a litigation associate at Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP. She earned her J.D. from Cornell Law School and B.A. from Cornell University.

Christine

Parker

Christine Parker is Vice President, Deputy General Counsel Regulatory at Coinbase.

Graham

Steele

Graham Steele serves as the Assistant Secretary for Financial Institutions at the U.S. Department of the Treasury. He is an expert on financial regulation and financial institutions, with more than a decade of experience working at the highest levels of law and policy in Washington, D.C. Graham was previously the director of the Corporations and Society Initiative at Stanford Graduate School of Business, a research initiative that examines issues at the intersection of markets, business, and government to promote more accountable capitalism and governance. Prior to joining Stanford GSB, Graham was a member of the staff of the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco. From 2015 to 2017, Graham was the Minority Chief Counsel for the United States Senate Committee on Banking, Housing & Urban Affairs. From 2010 to 2015 he was a Legislative Assistant for United States Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH), handling the Senator’s work as a member of the Senate Banking Committee. During that time, he also spent four years as the staff director of the Subcommittee on Financial Institutions & Consumer Protection. Prior to joining Senator Brown’s staff, Graham was a policy counsel at Public Citizen’s Congress Watch in Washington, D.C. Graham received his bachelors degree in political science from the University of Rochester and his law degree from The George Washington University Law School. He is originally from Brookline, Massachusetts, and is a member of the Massachusetts State Bar.

Donna

Redel

Donna Redel, Adjunct Professor at Fordham Law School, created and teaches courses on blockchain, digital assets and DeFi. She is an advisor/investor focusing on financial technology, blockchain and emerging technologies, an angel investor and a philanthropist. She was the managing director of The World Economic Forum, and was the first woman to chair a USA exchange , The Commodity Exchange.

Patrick

Murck

Patrick is a recognized thought leader on fintech and payments. Before joining Transparent, Patrick was Special Counsel at Cooley where he helped develop the firm’s blockchain and Fintech practice. He was a co-founder of the Bitcoin Foundation where he served as General Counsel and Executive Director, and he sits on fintech advisory groups for the NY Fed, MA SEC, and the IMF.

Talis

Seja

Talis Seja is the Chief Legal Officer of Fidelity Digital Assets.

Sara

Coelho

Her FR&I practice focuses on restructuring and debtor-creditor rights. She represents debtors, creditors and creditor groups, acquirers, equity owners and other investors in a wide range of insolvency matters, including risk mitigation and planning, acquisitions of distressed or reorganized companies, liability management transactions, chapter 11 and out-of-court restructurings, cross-border insolvencies, resolution planning, and other matters.

Allison

Behuniak

Allison works on the Subcommittee on Investor Protection, Entrepreneurship and Capital Markets and the Task Force on Financial Technology. In these roles, she also serves as the policy lead on issues related to digital assets. Prior to joining the House Financial Services Committee, Allison served as Financial Services Legislative Assistant for Congressman Trey Hollingsworth and as Legislative Assistant for former Congressman Bruce Poliquin, handling a wide range of policy issues.

Scott

Hartman

Scott Hartman is the Chief of the Securities and Commodities Fraud Task Force at the United States Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York. Prior to assuming that position, Mr. Hartman investigated and prosecuted a wide array of significant securities fraud cases, including the criminal investigation that resulted in the conviction of Congressman Christopher Collins for insider trading. In 2020 he was the recipient of the Attorney General’s Award for Distinguished Service.

Joyce

Lai

Joyce Lai is Founder of Charisma Social, a social platform that leverages transparent algorithms and open data to help you discover what you like based on who you are. She is a winner and finalist of the EthGlobal NFT Hack 2022. She is also a Founding Member of Ready Player DAO, a play and earn gaming guild. Previously, she was an attorney at ConsenSys, a member of New York Angels and a hedge fund attorney in private practice. Joyce is a thought leader in blockchain regulations and policy and is a Co-Founder of the Fordham Law Blockchain Regulatory Symposium.

Lee

Schneider

Lee A. Schneider is a financial services and technology lawyer with extensive experience in blockchain. Lee co-hosts the Appetite for Disruption podcast with Troy Paredes and is the contributing editor for the Chambers and Partners Fintech Practice Guide. He co-founded Global Blockchain Convergence and is active with a number of other organizations. Lee is General Counsel of Ava Labs and is the father of two wonderful college students. He learns about Japanese art history from his wife.

Jason

Somensatto

Jason Somensatto serves as an adviser to Chairman Rostin Behnam on the CFTC's oversight of the digital asset market. He joined the CFTC in February 2021 and previously served as the Acting Director of LabCFTC. Before joining the CFTC, Mr. Somensatto was the senior counsel for a startup developing exchange infrastructure for the digital asset market. Since 2014, he has published several articles and spoken publicly on the intersection of financial regulation and distributed ledger technology.

Stephen

Wink

Stephen Wink is a partner in the New York office of Latham & Watkins, and is Co-Chair of the firm’s Global Digital Assets & Web3 Practice. Mr. Wink is ranked in Band 1 by Chambers’ Professional Advisers FinTech. He advises a wide range of market players across the blockchain, crypto and web3 space, including exchanges and trading platforms, DeFi protocols, DAOs, NFT projects and platforms, token issuers, investment banks and asset managers.

Rebecca

Rettig

Rebecca Rettig is the General Counsel of the Aave Companies, a group of software development companies that build blockchain-based software for the web3 world, handling both legal matters as well as policy matters across the globe relating to decentralized finance (“DeFi”) and cryptoassets. Prior to joining the Aave Companies, Rebecca was a partner at US laws firms, serving blockchain, crypto and DeFi clients.

Joe

Hall

Joe is a member of Davis Polk’s Capital Markets team and head of its interdisciplinary ESG practice. Joe has advised on digital asset matters since 2014. His clients include companies native to the space such as Grayscale and Galaxy Digital, as well as companies embarking on crypto projects and transactions such as Meta Platforms. Joe spent two years at the SEC, ultimately as Managing Executive for Policy under Chairman William H. Donaldson.

Jason

Gottlieb

Jason is a Partner in the Firm’s Business Litigation Department, and Chair of the White Collar and Regulatory Enforcement practice group. His practice focuses on regulatory enforcement, litigation, and arbitration relating to securities, cryptocurrency, commodities, futures and derivatives, and structured finance. Jason is the principal author of the MoCo Cryptocurrency Litigation Tracker.

Stuart

Levi

Stuart Levi is co-head of the firm's Web3 and Digital Asset Practice and co-head of the firm's Intellectual Property and Technology department. Stuart has been active in the Web3 space since 2015.

Nick

Pullman

Nick is a corporate lawyer focused on venture backed startups and companies in the blockchain space. He currently leads legal at Royal, a music NFT startup developing a protocol for creatives and fans. He previously worked at Cooley LLP, DLA Piper LLP and Hewlett Packard Enterprise.

Olta

Andoni

Olta Andoni is a well known IP and Fintech Attorney and the Deputy General Counsel at Ava Labs, the company that helps launch decentralized finance applications on Avalanche. She was previously the Chief Legal Officer at Nifty’s, has lectured for Chicago-Kent, College of Law and is a big advocate for the industry.

Marc

Boiron

Mr. Boiron is Chief Legal Officer at the Polygon Companies. Previously, he was the Chief Legal Officer at dYdX Trading Inc. Before dYdX, Mr. Boiron was a Partner in the Financial Services group of Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP. His practice focused on the blockchain and digital assets industry, with particular attention to decentralized finance. He also advised venture funds making investments in blockchain companies and cryptoassets.

Lewis

Cohen

Co-founder of DLx Law, a law firm created to serve the needs of a new, technology-driven economy. Lewis brings more than 20 years of experience as a traditional capital markets and finance partner at two Global Top 50 law firms. Lewis is a frequent public speaker on the topic of blockchain and distributed ledger technology. Lewis is also recognized by Chambers Global as one of only three lawyers in “Band 1” for Legal: Blockchain & Cryptocurrencies – USA.

Adam

Sternbach

Adam is the General Counsel at Tessera, a platform for collective ownership and governance of NFTs. Prior to this role, Adam was a startup/VC attorney in private practice and served as Associate Counsel to NJ Governor Phil Murphy. Adam serves on the NJ Commission on Science, Innovation, and Technology. He has been in the crypto space for nearly a decade with a primary focus on NFTs over the past couple years.

Jai

Massari

Jai Massari is cofounder and Chief Legal Officer of LightSpark. Lightspark is building core infrastructure supporting the Lightning Network. In her last role she was a partner in the Financial Institutions Group of Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP. She holds a JD from Duke University School of Law, a BA in Chemistry from Cornell University and is a visiting lecturer at Berkeley Law School, University of California.

Sujit

Raman

Sujit Raman is General Counsel at TRM Labs, Inc., the leading blockchain analytics firm, where he is responsible for the company’s legal work around the globe and manages an experienced legal team. Before joining TRM, Sujit was a partner at the international law firm Sidley Austin LLP, where he focused his practice on complex cross-border investigations and cyber/data issues, and the U.S. Department of Justice, where he served in various roles, including U.S. Associate Deputy Attorney General.

Annemarie

Tierney

Annemarie Tierney is the Founder and Principal of Liquid Advisors, a consulting firm offering strategic advisory services around primary and secondary liquidity structuring, including for digital assets and private crypto investment funds. Annemarie is a seasoned financial services executive with substantial legal, regulatory and strategy experience, particularly around broker dealer regulation and blockchain legal and regulatory issues.

Kayvan

Sadeghi

Kayvan represents clients at the forefront of technology, finance, and media. As lead of Jenner’s blockchain practice, he helps clients navigate unchartered legal waters, and serves as lead counsel for defendants and sophisticated plaintiffs in complex commercial and securities litigation nationwide. He also defends clients in high stakes enforcement matters that threaten their way of doing business.

Coy

Garrison

Coy Garrison is a partner in Steptoe & Johnson's Blockchain & Cryptocurrency and Financial Services practices. He counsels clients on how to navigate the challenging legal, regulatory, and policy issues relating to crypto. Prior to private practice, Garrison spent nearly nine years at the SEC, including serving as counsel to Commissioner Hester M. Peirce.

Carla

Reyes

Professor Carla Reyes is an internationally recognized leader on issues raised by the intersection of business law and technology. Professor Reyes currently serves as the Chair of the Texas Work Group on Blockchain Matters, the Research Director for the Uniform Law Commission’s Technology Committee, an Associate Research Director for the Permanent Editorial Board for the Uniform Commercial Code and as an Expert for two UNIDROIT work groups considering private law and emerging technology.

Miles

Jennings

Miles Jennings is General Counsel and Head of Decentralization of a16z Crypto, where he advises executives and portfolio companies on decentralization, DAOs, governance, NFTs and state and federal securities laws. Previously, Miles was a partner at Latham & Watkins, where he co-chaired the firm's global blockchain and cryptocurrency task force, and represented the largest venture capital firms and dozens of high-profile startups operating in the sector.

Andrew

Hinkes

Andrew Hinkes is co-chair of K&L Gates' Global Digital Assets, Blockchain Technology & Cryptocurrencies practice. Drew is also an Adjunct Professor at the NYU Stern School of Business & NYU Law, where he co-teaches "Digital Currency, Blockchains, and the Future of the Financial Services Industry." Since 2019, Drew has been active in law reform efforts related to digital assets, serving as an advisor on new Article 12 of the UCC and the Unidroit Private Law Principles for Digital Assets.

Samson

Enzer

Described as “one of the leading cryptocurrency enforcement practitioners to come out of government service in recent years” by The National Law Journal, Samson “Sam” Enzer defends companies and individuals in high-stakes criminal and regulatory enforcement matters, internal corporate investigations, and complex civil litigation, often in cases involving the finance and cryptocurrency industries. Sam previously served for eight years as a federal prosecutor in the Southern District of New York.

Brandon

Hammer

Brandon M. Hammer’s practice focuses on a broad range of creditors’ rights, netting, financial regulatory, bankruptcy, digital asset, and market infrastructure issues. His clients include financial institutions, fintech firms, clearinghouses, sovereigns, and end users. He is frequently counsel to leading financial market trade associations and ad hoc coalitions on major industry initiatives and industry-standard opinions.

Matthieu

Gueissaz

Matthieu is a Swiss lawyer by trade and entrepreneur at heart. Since entering the space in 2015, Matthieu has acted as General Counsel for Swiss VC BVVentures and the digital world SPACE Metaverse. He has co-founded Blockchain Lawyer’s Forum, the leading industry lawyers network, LynxDAO, a consortium of B2B service providers in DLT and Skyline Digital, a non-custodial crypto neobank. He is crazy about DAOs and has helped a multitude of projects design out their tokenized incentive systems.

Mark

Radcliffe

Mark Radcliffe has practiced in Silicon Valley assisting corporations in their intellectual property licensing (in particular open source) and financing matters (he has worked on over 1000 venture financings). He is a Co-Chair of the Blockchain and Digital Assets practice. He has worked on a wide range of token offerings, NFTs and other web3 projects: assisting companies in structuring token offerings, representing investors in financings, including Libra and Telegram, and many NFT issuances.

David

Adlerstein

David M. Adlerstein is counsel in the Corporate Department at Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz. His practice focuses on mergers and acquisitions, capital-raising transactions, corporate governance, and other corporate and securities law matters, with a focus on financial institutions and technology transactions.

Rodrigo

Seira

Rodrigo Seira is Crypto Counsel at Paradigm. Prior to joining Paradigm, he was outside counsel to crypto investors and entrepreneurs at Cooley LLP. Prior to that, Rodrigo was a founding member of DLX Law, a blockchain and crypto focused boutique. Rodrigo earned a J.D. from Harvard Law School and a B.A. in Philosophy and Political Science from Middlebury College.

Gregory

Xethalis

Greg Xethalis is the General Counsel and CCO of Multicoin Capital, an asset manager focused on the digital asset ecosystem. He has represented companies in the digital asset ecosystem for ten years. Greg is a member of the board of the Association for Digital Asset Markets and the Fordham University School of Law Alumni Association. He was most recently a Partner at Chapman and Cutler and taught Crypto Law and Policy at Duke University School of Law.

Lucas

Bruder

Lucas Bruder is the co-founder and CEO of Jito Labs. Jito Labs is building high performance infrastructure to help scale the Solana blockchain, minimize the negative effects of MEV on users, and maximize validator and staker rewards.

Ryne

Miller

Ryne is the General Counsel of FTX US. He was previously a partner at Sullivan & Cromwell and also previously worked for the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission as counsel to then Chairman Gary Gensler. Ryne is from Oklahoma.

Alexandra

Scheibe

Alexandra C. Scheibe is head of the Firm’s FinTech and Blockchain Practice. Alexandra focuses her practice on representing crypto companies on all aspects of transactions and regulatory strategy. Alexandra is a frequent speaker and writer on topics in the crypto space.

Gregory

Lisa

Greg Lisa is the Chief Legal Officer of Element Finance, a DeFi cryptocurrency company. Greg was previously a Partner (and remains senior counsel) at Hogan Lovells. Prior to joining Element and Hogan, Greg served for almost twenty years in the federal government: as the Interim Director of Compliance & Enforcement at FinCEN; as one of the first Enforcement Attorneys at the CFPB; and for over decade at the U.S. Department of Justice, mostly as a federal organized crime prosecutor.