Caroline Abbey Crenshaw is an American attorney serving as a commissioner of the

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Education

Crenshaw received her

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, cum laude from

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in 2004 and her

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, magna cum laude, from the

University of Minnesota Law School The University of Minnesota Law School is the law school of the University of Minnesota, a public university in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The school confers four law degrees: a Juris Doctor (J.D.), a Master of Laws (LL.M.), a Master of Science in Pa ...

in 2009."President Donald J. Trump Announces Intent to Nominate Individual to a Key Administration Post" White House, June 18, 2020

Career

Crenshaw practiced law in the Washington, D.C. office of

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. At Sutherland, she represented public companies, broker-dealers, and investment advisers on complex securities law investigations and enforcement matters. She attended The JAG School at the

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and entered U.S. Army JAG Corps. She currently serves as a Captain in the U.S. Army Judge Advocate General's Corps.

U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission

Crenshaw joined the SEC in 2013 and has served in the Office of Compliance Inspections and Examinations, the Division of Investment Management, and as Counsel to Commissioners Kara Stein and Robert J. Jackson Jr. Her work has focused on legal and policy analysis related to corporate governance, investment management, enforcement, international regulation, and the oversight of self-regulatory organizations. On June 18, 2020,

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announced his intent to nominate Crenshaw to serve as a Commissioner on the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. Her nomination was sent to the Senate later that day; President Trump nominated Crenshaw to the Democratic seat vacated by Robert J. Jackson Jr, whose term expired. She was confirmed by the Senate on August 6, 2020, by voice vote. Crenshaw was sworn in on August 17, 2020. The U.S. Senate Banking Committee canceled Crenshaw’s renomination vote in December 2024.

Personal life

She married Alexander Wysham Cole on February 17, 2018, at St. Mark's Episcopal Church in

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References

External links

SEC biography
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