# Brian Cartwright

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{{Short description|American lawyer (born 1948)}}
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| name               = Brian Cartwright
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| birth_date         = {{Birth year and age|1948}}
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| known_for          = SEC General Counsel 2006 - 2009<ref name=qualters>{{Cite journal
  | last = Qualters
  | first = Sheri 
  | title = SEC Taps Deputy GC as Acting GC
  | journal = [National Law Journal](/source/National_Law_Journal)
  | date = January 26, 2009
  | url = http://www.law.com/jsp/ihc/PubArticleIHC.jsp?id=1202427706694
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| education          = [Yale University](/source/Yale_University)<br />[University of Chicago](/source/University_of_Chicago)<br />[Harvard University](/source/Harvard_University)
| occupation         = [Lawyer](/source/Lawyer) <br/> Former [astrophysicist](/source/astrophysicist)
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'''Brian G. Cartwright''' (born 1948) is an American lawyer and former astrophysicist. From 2006 to 2009, he was general counsel for the [Securities and Exchange Commission](/source/U.S._Securities_and_Exchange_Commission) of the USA.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.sec.gov/news/press/2006-1.htm|title=SEC press release|access-date=2007-12-12}}</ref>

==Career==

On January 3, 2006, the SEC Commission Chair [Christopher Cox](/source/Christopher_Cox) officially appointed ex-[Latham & Watkins](/source/Latham_%26_Watkins) partner Brian G. Cartwright as its top lawyer, replacing [Giovanni Prezioso](/source/Giovanni_Prezioso).<ref>{{Cite news |last1=Solomon |first1=Deborah |last2=Scannell |first2=Kara |date=7 December 2005 |title=SEC Chief to Name Ex-Colleague To Top Legal Job |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB113391061925815558 |access-date=2024-04-16 |work=[The Wall Street Journal](/source/The_Wall_Street_Journal) |language=en-US}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite web |last=Peterson |first=Jonathan |date=2006-01-03 |title=Lawyer in L.A. Seen as Pick for SEC Post |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-jan-03-fi-sec3-story.html |access-date=2024-04-16 |website=Los Angeles Times |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Brian Cartwright Named SEC General Counsel; 2006-1; Jan. 3, 2006 |url=https://www.sec.gov/news/press/2006-1.htm |access-date=2024-04-16 |website=www.sec.gov}}</ref> In 2008 Cartwright announced he was leaving the SEC.<ref>{{Cite web |title=General Counsel Brian Cartwright Leaving SEC to Return to Private Sector (Press Release No. 2008-277; November 20, 2008 |url=https://www.sec.gov/news/press/2008/2008-277.htm |access-date=2024-04-16 |website=www.sec.gov}}</ref> 

Cartwright holds a [Juris Doctor](/source/Juris_Doctor) from [Harvard Law School](/source/Harvard_Law_School), where he was president of the ''[Harvard Law Review](/source/Harvard_Law_Review)'' and winner of the [Sears Prize](/source/Sears_Prize),<ref name=":0">{{Cite news |last=Burns |first=Judith |date=4 January 2006 |title=SEC Names Brian Cartwright Its New General Counsel |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB113631424476336702 |access-date=2024-04-16 |work=[The Wall Street Journal](/source/The_Wall_Street_Journal) |language=en-US}}</ref> given every year to the first and second-year students with the highest grade point averages. He served as law clerk to [U.S. Supreme Court](/source/U.S._Supreme_Court) Justice [Sandra Day O’Connor](/source/Sandra_Day_O%E2%80%99Connor) from 1981 to 1982.<ref name=":0" />

Before becoming a lawyer, Cartwright was an [astrophysicist](/source/astrophysicist) graduating from [Yale University](/source/Yale_University).<ref name=":1" /> He earned a Ph.D. in physics from the [University of Chicago](/source/University_of_Chicago) and worked as a research physicist at the [University of California](/source/University_of_California) at Berkeley's space sciences laboratory.<ref name=":1" /> He published numerous articles in scholarly journals including the [Astrophysical Journal](/source/Astrophysical_Journal).<ref>Brian G. Cartwright, "The Origin of Fluorine, Sodium and Aluminum in the Galactic Cosmic Radiation", Astrophys. J., 169, 299, 1971.</ref><ref name="lawblog">{{cite news|url=https://blogs.wsj.com/law/2006/01/03/|title=Law Blog Recommendation|access-date=2007-12-12 | work=The Wall Street Journal}}</ref>

==Personal life==
Brian Cartwright is married with three sons.<ref name="lat">{{cite web|url=http://www.anderson.ucla.edu/x18066.xml|title=Copy of LA Times article|date=2007-02-12|access-date=2007-12-12}}{{dead link|date=July 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>

== See also ==
*[List of law clerks of the Supreme Court of the United States (Seat 8)](/source/List_of_law_clerks_of_the_Supreme_Court_of_the_United_States_(Seat_8))

==References==
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  before= [Giovanni Prezioso](/source/Giovanni_Prezioso)|
  title= SEC General Counsel|
  years= 2006&ndash;2009 |
  after= [Andy Vollmer](/source/Andy_Vollmer) (acting)
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Category:Law clerks of the Supreme Court of the United States

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