WASHINGTON, March 2, 2026 — Commodity Futures Trading Commission Chairman Michael S. Selig said former federal prosecutor David I. Miller will serve as the agency’s director of enforcement, according to a CFTC announcement issued Monday.
Miller joins the CFTC from private practice and has represented clients in matters involving commodities and securities enforcement, including digital asset enforcement and related regulatory issues, the agency said.
Chairman’s statement
In the announcement, Selig said Miller brings decades of experience as a federal prosecutor and white-collar defense attorney, including “a proven track record of defending market participants against the novel legal theories of overzealous regulators and plaintiffs,” and said Miller would help ensure the enforcement division remains focused on “policing fraud, abuse, and manipulation rather than setting policy.”
Selig also thanked Paul Hayeck for serving since June 2025 as acting director of enforcement and said Hayeck will continue at the Commission as chief of the Enforcement Division’s Complex Fraud Task Force, “rooting out bad actors who engage in fraud, market manipulation, and abusive trading practices.”
Miller’s remarks
Miller said he was “honored and thrilled” to join the CFTC and said he looked forward to working with Commission staff to advance Selig’s mission of “fostering innovation and protecting the integrity of U.S. markets, including from fraud, abuse, and manipulation.”
Background
The CFTC said Miller most recently worked in private practice as a litigation partner at Greenberg Traurig and Morgan Lewis, with a practice spanning white-collar defense, government and internal investigations, commodities and securities enforcement, complex civil litigation, digital asset enforcement and regulatory issues, and national security matters.
Previously, Miller spent nearly a decade in government service, including five years as an assistant U.S. attorney in the Southern District of New York, where he served as a member of the Securities and Commodities Fraud Task Force, according to the CFTC. The agency said Miller also served as a terrorism prosecutor at the Department of Justice in Washington, D.C., as a special assistant U.S. attorney in the Eastern District of Virginia, and as an assistant general counsel for the CIA.
Related CFTC staffing announcements
The Miller appointment was one of three senior staff announcements issued by the Commission on March 2, including appointments for the Office of International Affairs and the Office of Legislative and Intergovernmental Affairs, according to the CFTC’s press release log.
