The general counsel of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, Dan Berkovitz, announced he will be leaving the at the end of March, after more than three years of guiding the Dodd-Frank Act through the rulemaking process and court challenges.
The announcement on the CFTC’s website said Berkovitz has not announced his next career move, and he did not immediately return a call for comment. He joined the CFTC in June 2009, and counseled the agency’s chairman, Gary Gensler, and commissioners during the passage and implementation of the law, formally known as the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act.
