Larry E. Bergmann, senior associate director in the Securities and Exchange Commission's Division of Market Regulation, will retire from the regulator in January to join the law firm of Willkie Farr & Gallagher.
Bergmann joined the SEC in 1975 as a staff attorney in the Northeast regional office, and three years later transferred to the Division of Enforcement. In 1984, he became assistant director for trading practices in the Division of Market Regulation.
As senior associate director, Bergmann's responsibilities included administering the SEC's trading practices rules and supervising the commission's oversight program for clearing agencies and transfer agents.
During his tenure at the SEC he has received both the Distinguished Service Award and the Presidential Rank Meritorious Service Award.
