The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has staffed up with five Big Law alumni, including a rainmaker at Willkie Farr & Gallagher in New York.


Robert Stebbins

Robert Stebbins, a Willkie partner who spent his career the firm's corporate and financial services department, was named the agency's general counsel on Monday.

“It's only good news that one of our partners gets tapped for a high-level government position. It certainly is a reaffirmation that we're doing things right,” Willkie's co-chairman, Steven Gartner, said of the appointment. “We are thrilled for Bob, to put it briefly.”