Christina McGlosson

Christina K. McGlosson, Special Counsel: Dodd-Frank Whistleblower Practice, represents clients in the presentation and prosecution of fraud claims before the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), Internal Revenue Service, and other government agencies.

Before joining Cohen Milstein, Christina served as the Acting Director of the Whistleblower Office (WBO) in the Division of Enforcement at the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission. She directed and administered the CFTC’s Whistleblower Program, created under Section 748 of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2010 (Dodd-Frank). Under her leadership, the CFTC awarded four deserving whistleblowers $24 million in the last two weeks of fiscal year 2023 and $18 million in the first two weeks of fiscal year 2024.

She simplified, streamlined, and accelerated processes to move award recommendations forward with less delay. She advised commissioners on policy matters relating to the Whistleblower Program and provided technical assistance in the continued development and implementation of major CFTC and Division of Enforcement initiatives relating to whistleblowers.

Christina is a recognized Dodd-Frank and federal securities law expert. She is one of only two attorneys who have worked in both the SEC’s Office of the Whistleblower and the CFTC’s Whistleblower Office. She has been quoted numerous times in the press, including the Wall Street Journal, Reuters, Law360, among others, and is the go-to speaker on regulatory Dodd-Frank Whistleblower programs and government investigations.

Prior to returning to the CFTC, Christina was a Director of Compliance, led the federal securities law practice, and advised the derivatives and futures markets practice at Promontory Financial Group, a business unit of IBM Consulting. Her practice included overseeing and advising clients on all aspects of regulatory, compliance and risk-mitigation. She advised asset managers, broker-dealers, FinTechs, banks, other regulators, private and public companies, private equity funds, and hedge funds on SEC and CFTC enforcement, SEC examinations, and whistleblower compliance.

Christina previously served as the Deputy Director in the Division of Enforcement’s WBO at the CFTC. She supervised the attorneys in the WBO, reviewed all whistleblower award determinations and memoranda prior to Commission circulation, and directed the whistleblower claims review and award processing procedures.

For over eighteen years, Christina served in a variety of positions in the SEC’s Division of Enforcement, including Senior Counsel to the Director of Enforcement, and Senior Adviser to the Chief of the Office of Market Intelligence, where she implemented Congress’s directives post-Madoff and led the team to create the SEC’s Office of the Whistleblower. She also served as Senior Special Counsel to the SEC’s Chief Economist in the Division of Economic and Risk Analysis, providing guidance and counsel on a wide variety of Commission legal and policy matters and their intersection with SEC economic policy.

Prior to her leadership positions at the SEC, Christina investigated and litigated complex financial fraud cases involving Fortune 100 companies. She also successfully investigated, brought before the Commission, and litigated in U.S. District Court, insider trading, executive compensation, and microcap fraud cases. She spent time in Basel, Switzerland, working with the Financial Stability Board and the Bank of International Settlements as a member of the United States delegation. 

Christina received her J.D. cum laude, from The Catholic University of America’s Columbus School of Law, where she received a certification in Federal Securities Law. She holds an A.B. in Government and Economics from Georgetown University, where she graduated with First Honors.

Christina’s practice is limited to matters and proceedings before federal courts and agencies.