Benjamin Lawsky is the Head of Regulatory Affairs and has been with NYDIG since its founding. He has also served as Head of Regulatory Affairs at Stone Ridge Asset Management since 2015. Benjamin was previously New York State’s Superintendent of Financial Services. In that role, Benjamin also spearheaded creation of the BitLicense, the first regulatory licensing scheme for digital currency businesses. Benjamin holds a JD and a BA from Columbia University.

ADDITIONAL LEGAL SYMPOSIUM SPEAKERS

Will Hall

Will Hall

Director, Legal Advocacy

Phone: 208.297.5877

Toll-free: 800.995.9064 x302

[email protected]

Will Hall serves as the Director of Legal Advocacy for the GoWest Credit Union Association, providing compliance expertise to the […]

Leila Javanshir

Leila Javanshir

Attorney

Miller Nash LLP

Leila Javanshir is a business attorney with Miller Nash who focuses on matters involving privacy, data security, vendor contracting, intellectual […]

Frank Kressman

Frank Kressman

General Council

NCUA

Frank Kressman serves as the agency’s General Counsel and leads the NCUA’s Office of General Counsel. This office’s duties include […]

Brian Rose

Senior Financial Examiner

Department of Financial Regulation

Brian Rose has over 42 years of experience in the financial services industry in operations, underwriting, audit, loan review, and […]

Hal Scoggins

Hal Scoggins

Shareholder

Farleigh Wada Witt

Since 1991, Hal has been representing credit unions, banks, and other financial service providers on state and federal regulatory compliance […]

Kelly Thompson Cochran

Kelly T. Cochran

Deputy Director

FinRegLab

Prior to joining FinRegLab, Kelly helped to stand up the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, where she served most recently as the […]