Daniel M Gallagher, Jr.

Dan Gallagher is a partner in the firm's Securities Department, and a member of the Broker-Dealer Compliance and Regulation, Securities Litigation and Enforcement and Derivatives and Futures Practice Groups. He returned to the firm in 2010. Practice Mr. Gallagher’s practice focuses on regulatory issues and market-related enforcement matters. Prior to joining the firm, Mr. Gallagher was a Deputy Director of the Division of Trading and Markets at the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). He served as co-acting director of the Division from April 2009 to January 2010. During his tenure in the Division, Mr. Gallagher played a critical role in the SEC’s response to the financial crisis. He worked closely with the Treasury Department, the Federal Reserve Board, the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission and various international regulators on matters relating to the crisis. Mr. Gallagher also played a key role in several cutting edge broker-dealer, OTC derivatives and credit rating agency initiatives for the SEC. Mr. Gallagher joined the SEC in January 2006, first serving as a counsel to former SEC Commissioner Paul S. Atkins and later as a counsel to former SEC Chairman Christopher Cox. In those positions, Mr. Gallagher worked on all of the major Division of Trading and Markets, Division of Enforcement, and Office of Compliance Inspections and Examinations matters before the Commission. Before joining the SEC, Mr. Gallagher was an associate in the Securities Department of WilmerHale. He left the firm in 2004 to become senior vice president and general counsel of Fiserv Securities, and later returned to WilmerHale as a counsel.