Terry Arbit, ’83, Joins CFTC Commissioner’s Team as Senior Counsel
New CFTC Commissioner Taps Ex-BigLaw Attys As Counsel
Newly appointed U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission member Summer K. Mersinger has hired a trio of lawyers to head up her office's legal affairs, including two attorneys who have deep roots at the financial regulator and worked closely with her in the past.
Chris Lucas, Terry Arbit, and Elizabeth Mastrogiacomo are joining Mersinger's team, the new commissioner said Monday.
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Arbit spent about three years as senior counsel to Stump. He is also an alumnus of Winston & Strawn LLP and the partnership at Norton Rose Fulbright, according to his LinkedIn profile.
Before he was in private practice, he spent 17 years at the CFTC, serving as deputy general counsel for legislative and intergovernmental affairs and working on reforms enacted as part of Dodd-Frank, according to his LinkedIn profile. Arbit also served as acting general counsel of the CFTC between 2007 and 2009, during the financial crisis.
Arbit has a Bachelor of Arts and a Master of Arts from the University of Pennsylvania and a law degree from the University of Chicago Law School.
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