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SPECIAL LIVE EPISODE: Gurbir S. Grewal, Director of the SEC's Division of Enforcement

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In this special edition of South Asian Trailblazers,  Simi Shah hosts a LIVE podcast with Gurbir S. Grewal — the Director of the SEC's Division of Enforcement and former Attorney General of New Jersey — at the law offices of Morrison Foerster in New York City. WATCH this episode on YouTube.

This event was proudly hosted in partnership with global law firm, Morrison Foerster and The South Asian Bar Association of New York (SABANY). SABANY is an organization devoted to the needs, concerns, and interests of lawyers of South Asian heritage in the New York Metropolitan Area.

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About Gurbir S. Grewal:  Gurbir S. Grewal is the Director of the Division of Enforcement at the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission – the SEC. Before joining the Commission in 2021, he served as the Attorney General for the State of New Jersey – becoming the first-ever Sikh and second-ever South Asian American to serve as state attorney general in American history. Prior to this role, Gurbir held the role of Bergen County Prosecutor, the chief law enforcement officer for New Jersey’s most populous county.  In this capacity, he concentrated on fighting the opioid epidemic and white-collar crime. 

Earlier in his career, Gurbir served as an Assistant United States Attorney for the District of New Jersey, where he was the Chief of the Economic Crimes Unit. He also spent time as an Assistant United States Attorney for the Eastern District of New York, where he was assigned to the Business and Securities Fraud Unit. 

Gurbir began his career in law in private practice at Howrey LLP. He holds a J.D. from the College of William & Mary Marshall-Wythe School of Law, and a B.S. in Foreign Service from Georgetown University. Please join me in welcoming Director Gurbir S. Grewal.

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