NEW YORK CITY, April 10, 2007 – LAWFUEL – Law News Network – Winston & Strawn LLP partner Edward J. Johnsen has been elected chairman of the Market Operations Review Committee (MORC) of the NASDAQ Stock Market. Johnsen is a partner in the firm’s financial services group who focuses his practice on broker-dealer regulatory matters, and is resident in Winston & Strawn’s New York office.
Johnsen will serve a one-year term as chairman and thereafter continue his service on the MORC for the remainder of his three-year term. The MORC reviews appeals by NASDAQ market participants from determinations of trading-related disputes, and makes recommendations to NASDAQ regarding improvements to the dispute resolution process.
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