Alumni in Residence with Anne Small J.D. ’01 of Renaissance Technologies L.L.P.

Friday, November 20, 2026, from 1:00 p.m.- 3:00 p.m. ET

The Alumni in Residence program connects current HLS students with accomplished HLS alumni for one-on-one career mentoring and advice. You’re invited to meet with Anne Small J.D. ’01 during their virtual office hours. Sign up for a 20-minute Zoom appointment.

Annie Small is the General Counsel and Chief Legal Officer of Renaissance Technologies, LLC, where she also serves as a Member of the Board of Directors. In addition, she oversees the Human Resources, Investor Relations, and Marketing Departments. Before joining Renaissance in 2017, she served in a variety of positions in the Obama Administration, including four years as the General Counsel of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. In this role, she advised Chair Mary Jo White, the Commissioners, and the Commission’s Divisions and Offices on a range of issues focusing on enforcement, regulatory matters, and oversight, and she represented the Commission in the Courts of Appeals, including in enforcement matters and challenges to agency regulations. Ms. Small previously worked at the White House, serving as Associate White House Counsel and Special Assistant to the President from 2011-2013. Earlier in 2011, she served as the SEC’s Deputy General Counsel for Litigation and Adjudication. Prior to her government service, Ms. Small was a partner with the law firm of Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr, where she was a member of the Litigation and Controversy Department as well as the Appellate and Supreme Court Litigation Group. Earlier in her career, she served as a law clerk to Justice Stephen G. Breyer on the U.S. Supreme Court and to Judge Guido Calabresi on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit.

Ms. Small also serves as a member of the Board of Directors of the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc.

She received her B.A. from Yale University, cum laude, and her J.D. from Harvard Law School, magna cum laude, where she won the Sears Prize and served as President of the Harvard Law Review.