SEC.gov | James E. Grimes Named Chief Administrative Law Judge at SEC

The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced that James E. Grimes has been named the agency’s Chief Administrative Law Judge.

Judge Grimes will lead the SEC’s impartial Office of Administrative Law Judges that conducts hearings, issues initial decisions, and adjudicates matters in administrative proceedings before the agency. Judge Grimes succeeds Brenda Murray, who retired after 25 years of service as the SEC’s Chief Administrative Law Judge.

Judge Grimes became an SEC Administrative Law Judge in 2014 after spending 13 years in the Civil Division at the U.S. Department of Justice, where he served as a trial attorney and a senior litigation counsel representing government agencies and officers before federal district and appellate courts.

He began his career with the Navy Judge Advocate General (JAG) Corps, where he served as a trial defense counsel defending service members in courts-martial and as an appellate counsel representing the government before military appellate courts.

Judge Grimes graduated Phi Beta Kappa and cum laude in 1992 from Miami University in Ohio, and he graduated with honors from The Ohio State University College of Law in 1995.

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