WASHINGTON — Commodity Futures Trading Commission Chairman Michael S. Selig today announced former federal prosecutor David I. Miller will serve as the CFTC’s director of enforcement.

“I am delighted to welcome David to the CFTC,” Chairman Selig said. “He brings to the Commission decades of experience as a federal prosecutor and white-collar defense attorney, with a proven track record of defending market participants against the novel legal theories of overzealous regulators and plaintiffs. He will play a critical role in ensuring the division is focused on its core purpose of policing fraud, abuse, and manipulation rather than setting policy.

“I thank Paul Hayeck for his service since June 2025 as acting director of enforcement. I am very pleased he will continue serving 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.”

“I am honored and thrilled to join the CFTC at this exciting and transformative time,” Miller said. “I am grateful for the trust and confidence that Chairman Selig has placed in me and thank him for appointing me to this critical role. Under Chairman Selig’s leadership, I look forward to working closely with the talented Commission staff to advance the Chairman’s mission of fostering innovation and protecting the integrity of U.S. markets, including from fraud, abuse, and manipulation.” 

Miller joins the CFTC from private practice, having served as a litigation partner at two global law firms, Greenberg Traurig and Morgan Lewis. His practice has focused on white-collar defense, government and internal investigations, commodities and securities enforcement, complex civil litigation, digital asset enforcement and regulatory issues, and national security matters. He has represented clients before the CFTC, SEC, Department of Justice, state attorneys general offices, and self-regulatory organizations, and he has litigated and tried criminal and civil cases in courts across the U.S.

Previously, Miller spent nearly a decade in government service. He most recently served for five years as an assistant U.S. attorney in the Southern District of New York, over half that time as a member of the Securities and Commodities Fraud Task Force — during which Miller worked alongside CFTC enforcement staff. He also served as a terrorism prosecutor with 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. 

Before government service, Miller began his career in private practice in New York. He received his J.D. from New York University School of Law and his B.A., magna cum laude, from Georgetown University.