Alumni in Residence with James Tarter J.D. ’09 of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
February 25, 2025
11:00 am - 1:00 pm
Zoom
Tuesday, February 25, 2025 from 11:00 a.m.-1:00 p.m. EST
James Tarter J.D. ’09
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 James Tarter J.D. ’09 during their virtual office hours. Sign up for a 20-minute Zoom appointment.
James serves as the Senior Special Counsel for the Cybersecurity Program Office at the U.S. Securities & Exchange Commission. Over the past 15 years, he has held senior appointments in the legal offices of the U.S. Department of Energy, the Defense Intelligence Agency, the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, and the Central Intelligence Agency.
Prior to his government service he was an appellate attorney with Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP, where he represented parties before the U.S. Supreme Court and numerous federal Courts of Appeals. James clerked for then-Chief Judge David B. Sentelle of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. He has been profiled by Forbes magazine, taught courses on Executive Power in Wartime for the State Bar of Texas, and presented on ethics and professionalism at The Judge Advocate General’s Legal Center and School.
He is a graduate of the College of Southern Idaho, Emory University, and Harvard Law School.