James M. Falvey
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James M. Falvey is an attorney who focuses on derivatives law. He is on the board of advisors of CMDirect, Inc., an adjunct professor at Penn State University and managing director at Falvey Consulting.
Previously, he was general counsel and corporate secretary at R.J. O'Brien & Associates. He assumed that post in January 2010 and left in 2011.[1][2][3]
In 2011, Falvey ran for the Republican Party nomination for Illinois' 3rd Congressional District. Falvey lost the primary, coming in second to Richard L. Grabowski, a materials supervisor and outspoken conservative who unsuccessfully bid for the Illinois House 36th District seat in 2010. Arthur J. Jones, an insurance broker and neo-Nazi who has been disowned by the GOP was third.[4][5]
Background
Previously, Falvey served as a partner with the law office of James Falvey. Before that, he served as general counsel of the US Futures Exchange (USFE), the Chicago-based electronic derivatives platform controlled by MF Global.[6] Previously, he was the general counsel of Eurex US, the USFE's legacy exchange set up in 2004 and acquired by MF Global's parent in 2006.
Falvey has also served as vice president and general counsel of the IntercontinentalExchange.[7] Before that, he served as assistant general counsel of the Chicago Mercantile Exchange.[8]
In 2006, he co-authored a paper titled "Commodity Exchanges and Antitrust" with Andrew N. Kleit[9]. The paper explored the impact of competition in the futures industry and how the exchanges are dealing with the resulting antitrust issues.
MarketsReformWiki Interview
Jim Falvey has been an attorney in the exchange and FCM space for over 15 years. He has served as general counsel of Eurex US and IntercontinentalExchange, as assistant general counsel for CME Group and, most recently, as general counsel and corporate secretary of R.J. O'Brien & Associates. He also sits on the advisory board of CMDirect, a web-based commodity trading platform. John Lothian News editor-at-large Doug Ashburn spoke with Falvey about the MF Global bankruptcy, the Volcker Rule, protection of segregated funds, conflicts of interest, and other compliance issues related to the Dodd-Frank Act. Published Nov. 23, 2011.
Education
Falvey holds an MBA from the Kellogg School of Management and a Juris Doctor from Georgetown University Law Center.[10]
Published Works
References
- ↑ R.J. O'Brien Appoints Falvey as Corporate General Counsel. MSN Money.
- ↑ R.J. O’Brien & Associates Appoints James M. Falvey. Capital IQ Power Moves.
- ↑ Jim Falvey. LinkedIn.
- ↑ Falvey Launches Bid to Unseat Fellow Western Springs Resident Lipinski. Patch.com.
- ↑ Federal Offices. ABC News.
- ↑ About Management. U.S. Futures Exchange.
- ↑ 2002 Law & Compliance Workshop Program. Futures Industry Association.
- ↑ SFE Corporation Limited; Request for No-Action Relief from Contract Market Designation Requirement. U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission.
- ↑ Commodity Exchanges and Antitrust. BePress Legal Series.
- ↑ Commodity Exchanges and Antitrust. Berkeley Business Law Journal.
