FIA Announces New General Counsel (with Pantano Comment)

Futures Industry Association ("FIA") General Counsel Barbara Wierzynski announced her departure from the FIA at the end of 2014. Effective January 1, 2015, Allison Lurton will become the new FIA general counsel.

Pantano Comment: Barbara Wierzynski has been a persuasive and tireless advocate for FIA members for three decades. I have never known anyone who worked harder than Barbara has throughout her impressive career. She is and will continue to be a respected and well-liked colleague of everyone in the derivatives industry.

See: Press Release.