SEC Names Antonia M. Apps as Director of New York Regional Office

The Securities and Exchange Commission yesterday announced that former federal prosecutor Antonia M. Apps will become Regional Director of the New York Regional Office next month.

Ms. Apps is currently a litigation partner in the New York office of Milbank LLP, where she works on criminal and regulatory matters, and civil litigation. She also teaches a course at Harvard Law School on white collar criminal law and procedure.

Ms. Apps previously served as an Assistant U.S. Attorney in the Southern District of New York’s Criminal Division where she investigated and prosecuted securities fraud cases involving hedge funds, networking firms, broker-dealers, public companies and banks. Earlier in her career, Ms. Apps was a partner at Kellogg, Hansen, Todd, Figel & Frederick PLLC in Washington, D.C., and an associate at Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobsen LLP in New York. She clerked for the Hon. Fred I. Parker of the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit.

In this role, Ms. Apps will lead a staff of more than 380 attorneys, accountants, investigators, securities compliance examiners, and other personnel involved in the prosecution of enforcement actions and performance of compliance examinations, across New York and New Jersey.

Ms. Apps said, "I am thrilled to lead the SEC’s New York Regional Office as its Director, and look forward to the privilege of working alongside the talented staff to advance the agency’s mission of protecting investors and maintaining confidence in the capital markets."