Mr. Orlan Johnson

Council Member Biography

Orlan Johnson is a Partner in the Business Department of Saul Ewing in Washington, DC, where he has in-depth and practical experience in mergers and acquisitions, stock and asset acquisitions and dispositions, corporate financing, joint ventures, proxy contests and tender offers, and general corporate governance matters. In addition, Mr. Johnson is the Chairman of SIPC, having been confirmed to that position in February 2010. Prior to joining Saul Ewing, Mr. Johnson was Of Counsel at Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy, where he served as co-head of its regulatory practice in the Washington, DC office. Before that, he served for nine years as a Staff Attorney and Branch Chief in the Division of Investment Management for the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). In this capacity, his primary responsibilities included advising the Commission on the regulation of exempt utility companies and utility companies registered under the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935. Other responsibilities included compliance inspections of investment advisers and investment companies pursuant to the Investment Advisers Act of 1940 and the Investment Company Act of 1940. Mr. Johnson was an original member of Obama national finance committee and served on campaign policy committees related to transportation insfrastructure, finance/banking and energy issues. (This is me - Update Profile)

Employment History

2010 - Unspecified

Chairman, Securities Investor Protection Corporation

2007 - Unspecified

Partner, SAUL EWING LLP

1999 - 2007

Of Counsel & Co-Head, Regulatory Practice, MILBANK TWEED HADLEY & MCCLOY, LLP

1990 - 1999

Branch Chief, Division of Investment Management, U.S. SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION