Mr. Paret served as Vice-President and Legislative Counsel and principal securities lobbyist for the Securities Industry Association for nearly two decades. In that capacity, he lobbied the then House Commerce Committee and later the House Financial Services Committee, as well as the Senate Banking Committee and the Democratic Leaderships in both chambers. Among his specific skills are deep experience in shaping legislation and coalition building to facilitate specific legislative goals.
Mr. Paret played a significant role in the development and shaping of a broad range of legislation including Sarbanes-Oxley, Gramm-Leach-Bliley, Private Securities Litigation Reform Act, Securities Litigation Uniform Standards Act, National Securities Markets Improvement Act, Commodity Futures Modernization Act, as well as legislative and other activities affecting market structure, mutual funds and hedge and private equity funds.
He has also served as a consultant to Miller and Chevalier, where he was primarily responsible for a document analyzing European Union regulation of financial services including banks, securities firms, insurance companies, accounting firms as well as pension, commodity, hedge and private equity funds.
Prior to these experiences, he served as Director of Legislative Communications for the SIA. He has also been Assistant Director of the Campaign Services Division of the Democratic House and Senate Council, then an arm of the Democratic House and Senate Campaign Committees. Earlier he had worked as a legislative aide to Rep. Benjamin Rosenthal (D-NY), where he participated in a range of legislative issues ranging from foreign policy to government reform to financial services.
Mr. Paret received his B.A. (Cum Laude) from Colgate University and his J.D. from the Boalt Hall School at the University of California at Berkeley.
