Troy A. Paredes

From 2008-2013, Troy A. Paredes was an SEC Commissioner, appointed by President George W. Bush. Presently, he is the founder of Paredes Strategies LLC, a consulting firm advising on financial regulation, compliance, risk management, corporate governance, and regulatory strategy. Paredes was a professor of law, with tenure, at Washington University in St. Louis before joining the SEC. He also has been a Distinguished Policy Fellow and Lecturer at the University of Pennsylvania Law School, a Distinguished Scholar in Residence at NYU School of Law, and a Lecturer on Law at Harvard Law School. Paredes is the author of numerous academic articles on securities regulation, corporate governance, innovation, behavioral economics, administrative agencies, and AI. And he is a co-author (beginning with the 4th edition) of a multi-volume securities regulation treatise with Louis Loss and Joel Seligman entitled Securities Regulation. Paredes holds a bachelor’s degree in economics from UC Berkeley and earned his J.D. from Yale Law School.