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  1. Education

    Peirce earned her B.A. in economics from Case Western Reserve University (1993) and her J.D. from See more

    Hester Peirce - Wikipedia

    • Hester Maria Peirce is an American lawyer who serves as a Commissioner on the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). She previously served as the director of the Financial Markets Working Group at George Mason University's Mercatus Center. Peirce was confirmed by the United States Senate in December 2017 to fill a Republican vacancy o… See more

    Career

    Peirce started her career as a clerk for Judge Roger Andewelt on the Court of Federal Claims from 1997 to 1998. Afterwards, she was an associate at Washington, D.C. law firm Wilmer, Cutler & Pickering (today … See more

    Views

    Peirce regularly contributed through books, articles, comments and statements to the debate about banking regulation. She has been critical of the regulatory expansion enacted in response to the 2008 financial crisis. In he… See more

     
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