Neil Barofsky | |
|---|---|
| Special Inspector General of the Troubled Asset Relief Program | |
| In office December 8, 2008 – April 1, 2011 | |
| President | George W. Bush Barack Obama |
| Preceded by | Position established |
| Succeeded by | Christy Romero |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1970 (age 53–54) |
| Education | University of Pennsylvania (BS) New York University (JD) |
Neil M. Barofsky (born 1970), a partner in the Litigation Department of national law firm Jenner & Block LLP, focuses his practice on white collar investigations, complex commercial litigation, monitorships and examinerships.
Immediately before joining Jenner & Block, Mr. Barofsky was Senior Fellow at New York University School of Law’s Center on the Administration of Criminal Law, an adjunct professor at the law school, and affiliated with the Mitchell Jacobson Leadership Program on Law and Business.[1] He was the Treasury Department's Special Inspector General (SIGTARP) overseeing the Troubled Assets Relief Program, from December 15, 2008, until his resignation on March 30, 2011. Before that, he was an Assistant United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York from 2000 to 2008.
Since May 2021, Barofsky has served as the court-appointed monitor of United Auto Workers.