Arrighi, Brian D.

Tracey E. Aronson is a counsel in the firm's Securities Department, and a member of the Securities Litigation and Enforcement Practice Group. She joined the firm in 2007.

Practice

Ms. Aronson has extensive experience advising on securities enforcement and regulatory issues. She has worked in both the public and private sectors, including over a decade with the Securities and Exchange Commission in Washington, DC, from 1992 to 2005.

Ms. Aronson held senior advisory positions at the SEC, first as Chief of Staff to former Chairman Arthur Levitt and then as Chief Counsel to former Commissioner Harvey J. Goldschmid. In these roles, Ms. Aronson advised on a range of enforcement and policy matters, including implementation of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 and establishment of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board. Before her appointment as Chief of Staff, Ms. Aronson served as Director of the Office of Legislative Affairs and as Counsel to the Chairman, focusing on investment management, international, and ethics issues. Prior to joining the SEC's executive staff, Ms. Aronson conducted investigations as Special Counsel in the Division of Enforcement and represented the SEC in a broad array of litigation matters as Special Trial Counsel in the Office of the General Counsel.

Following her career with the SEC, Ms. Aronson served as Regulatory Policy and Strategy Manager with Bank of America, developing a regulatory affairs program for the organization's Global Wealth and Investment Management group. She worked to enhance the group's role as a thought leader in federal securities policymaking and regulation and advised senior management on SEC initiatives, regulatory change management, and reputation risk management.

Upon graduating from law school, Ms. Aronson spent several years as a litigation associate with Kaye, Scholer, Fierman, Hayes & Handler, LLP, where she practiced in commercial litigation and international arbitration.