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Jay Perlman is a director with Daylight in its Washington office. He has more than 18 years of legal, regulatory compliance and investigative experience relating to the financial services sector. At Daylight, Jay concentrates on matters relating to securities, anti-money laundering and anti-bribery and corruption compliance, and conducts investigations and due diligence reviews, performs compliance program reviews and risk-assessments and develops and delivers training programs.

Prior to joining Daylight, Jay was an attorney in the securities enforcement and regulatory group of a large law firm. He was also Associate General Counsel for a broker-dealer/ investment adviser where he developed and implemented policies, procedures and training programs relating to SEC and FINRA regulatory requirements and coordinated the firm’s responses to regulatory matters and litigation. Additionally, Jay was Associate General Counsel of The Motley Fool Inc. in Alexandria, Va. and frequently appeared in the media as a spokesman for the company and authored several articles about investor education and securities fraud.

Before entering the private sector, he held various positions in at the Securities and Exchange Commission and served as a Special Assistant United States attorney in the Eastern District of Virginia.

Jay has a bachelor’s degree from Fordham University and earned his law degree from Albany Law School of Union University.