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SEC Names New Deputy Chief of Staff

May 5, 2011

SEC Chairman Mary Schapiro announced that James Burns will become the agency’s Deputy Chief of Staff.  Mr. Burns replaces Kayla Gillan, who left the agency at the end of April.

Mr. Burns has been a member of Chairman Schapiro’s staff since March 2010, working chiefly on issues involving the Division of Trading and Markets.  From August 2008 to February 2010, he served as a counsel to Commissioner Kathleen Casey, advising her on investment management issues.

“Jim has a deep understanding of the workings of the Commission and has played an instrumental role in the implementation of the financial reform legislation.”  - - Chairman Schapiro.

        Prior Experience and Higher Education.   Before coming to the SEC, Mr. Burns was a securities lawyer in private practice and focused on investment management and enforcement matters.  He served as a law clerk to Judge William Traxler on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit.  He also previously worked on federal higher education policy at the American Council on Education, and worked at Oriel College, Oxford University.   Mr. Burns received his law degree from Georgetown Law, and holds master’s and doctorate degrees in philosophy from Oxford University.  He graduated magna cum laude from Harvard College.   [SEC Release, 11-106, 5/5/11]