The SEC today announced that Geoffrey F. Aronow had been appointed as the agency’s General Counsel. Mr. Aronow comes to the SEC from the law firm of Bingham McCutchen LLP, where he is a partner in the Washington D.C. office. Mr. Aronow has prior federal government leadership experience as the Director of the Division of Enforcement at the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) for nearly four years. He will begin his new role later this month.