A law clerk with Budd Larner P.C. in Short Hills, New Jersey, Braeden Anderson also serves as a legal extern with the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) in New York City. As part of his work, Braeden Anderson pays close attention to the activities of regulatory bodies such as the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).
An agency founded by an act of Congress in 1934, the SEC is the US government’s primary regulatory body overseeing securities exchanges, brokerage firms, and investment advisors. Divided into five main departments which supervise specific sectors of the investment industry, the SEC maintains regional offices in 11 cities across the United States.
In April of 2018, the commission announced that one of these regional offices would be getting a new director. Joel R. Levin, a longtime federal prosecutor and senior member of the Department of Justice, will take over as the director of the Chicago regional office. As director, Mr. Levin will be overseeing one of the most important offices in the country, encompassing nine states and nearly 270 agents. He will draw upon his experience with the US Attorney’s Offices in Milwaukee, San Francisco, and Chicago. Among other notable accomplishments, Mr. Levin helped prosecute the corruption case against former Illinois governor George Ryan.
