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REFILE-EXCLUSIVE-US SEC taps Gibson Dunn attorney to be new enforcement director, sources say

ReutersApr 8, 2026 3:48 PM

SEC has tapped David Woodcock, ex-SEC official and ExxonMobil lawyer
Woodcock previously led SEC’s Fort Worth office
SEC enforcement unit recovering after staff exodus, director's sudden resignation

By Chris Prentice

NEW YORK, April 8 (Reuters) - The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has tapped a white collar enforcement lawyer and former agency official to be its next enforcement director after the regulator's top cop abruptly quit last month, three sources familiar with the matter told Reuters.

David Woodcock, a partner with Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher in Dallas, Texas, will replace Margaret Ryan who resigned following just six months on the job after clashing with the agency's leaders over the direction of the enforcement program, Reuters previously reported.

Woodcock is a longtime securities lawyer who led the SEC’s Fort Worth, Texas, regional office from 2011-2015, where he helped create a task force aimed at rooting out accounting and financial reporting misconduct, according to his LinkedIn and law firm profiles.

Neither Woodcock nor the SEC responded immediately to requests for comment.

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