Allison Herren Lee, a former commissioner of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, has joined a whistleblower law firm.
Ms. Lee is joining Kohn, Kohn & Colapinto LLP, a Washington-based law firm representing whistleblowers, the firm said late Wednesday. She will help represent whistleblowers, including those in cases related to securities, commodities and anti-money-laundering laws, as well as those involving problems related to environmental, social and corporate governance, according to Stephen M. Kohn, a founding partner of the law firm.
Ms. Lee will also help guide policy related to whistleblowing at the nonprofit National Whistleblower Center, said Mr. Kohn.
Ms. Lee was appointed as a Democratic commissioner at the SEC by former President Donald Trump and served in that role from July 2019 to July 2022, when her term expired. She was appointed as acting chair of the SEC by President Biden and served in that position from January 2021 to April of that year before current SEC Chair Gary Gensler was sworn into office. At the SEC, she also served as a senior counsel to the enforcement division and counsel to Commissioner Kara Stein.
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