SEC Appoints Deputy General Counsel for Appellate Litigation and Adjudication, SEC Solicitor

The SEC named Sanket J. Bulsara the Deputy General Counsel for Appellate Litigation and Adjudication. Prior to the appointment, Mr. Bulsara was a partner at the law firm WilmerHale where he litigated securities, contract, bankruptcy, and regulatory matters in state and federal court and represented clients in commercial and securities arbitrations. Bulsara succeeds Michael A. Conley who was appointed SEC Solicitor. Mr. Conley has been SEC’s Deputy General Counsel since 2011 and previously was its Deputy Solicitor. He came to the SEC in October 2000 from Pillsbury Madison and Sutro, where he was a member of the appellate litigation group and managing partner of the firm’s Washington, D.C. office.

Former SEC Solicitor Jacob H. Stillman will remain as senior advisor to the Solicitor.