CFTC General Counsel Steps Down

CFTC General Counsel and Legal Division Head Daniel Davis will leave the agency on January 15, 2021.

Mr. Davis joined the CFTC as General Counsel in March 2017. Rob Schwartz - currently the Deputy General Counsel for Litigation, Enforcement and Adjudication - will become Acting General Counsel. Mr. Schwartz previously served as CFTC Acting General Counsel in 2017.