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Hon. Paul S. Atkins
Prior to co-founding Patomak Partners, Paul S. Atkins served as Commissioner of the Securities and Exchange Commission. He was appointed by President George W. Bush in July 2002 and left office in August 2008. During his two terms, he advocated transparency and consistency in the SEC's decision-making and operations; smarter regulation that considers costs and benefits; improvements to the competitiveness and attractiveness of the US capital markets; and investor protection and education (including by conducting more than 50 investor town hall meetings with senior citizens and other investor groups). He represented the SEC before the US-EU Transatlantic Economic Council, the President's Working Group on Financial Markets, the World Economic Forum, and the Transatlantic Business Dialogue. He paid official visits to almost two dozen countries on five continents.
From 2009-2010, he was appointed by Congress to serve as a member of the Congressional Oversight Panel for the Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP). Before his government service, Mr. Atkins was a partner of PricewaterhouseCoopers and its predecessor firm, Coopers & Lybrand. He focused on advisory work for financial services firms, including regulatory compliance, internal controls, and risk management issues.
Mr. Atkins began his career as a lawyer in New York City with Davis Polk & Wardwell, focusing on a wide range of corporate transactions for U.S. and foreign clients, including public and private securities offerings and mergers and acquisitions. Resident for 2½ years in Paris, he was admitted as conseil juridique in France in 1988.
Mr. Atkins received his J.D. from Vanderbilt University School of Law in 1983. He received his A.B. from Wofford College in 1980 and was a member of Phi Beta Kappa.
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