Brian G. Cartwright (born 1948) is an American lawyer and former astrophysicist.
[2] On January 3, 2006, the SEC Commission Chair Christopher Cox officially appointed ex-Latham & Watkins partner Brian G. Cartwright as its top lawyer, replacing Giovanni Prezioso.
[6] Cartwright holds a Juris Doctor from Harvard Law School, where he was president of the Harvard Law Review and winner of the Sears Prize,[7] given every year to the first and second-year students with the highest grade point averages.
He served as law clerk to U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Connor from 1981 to 1982.
[7] Before becoming a lawyer, Cartwright was an astrophysicist graduating from Yale University.