Education
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George Washington University Law School, J.D., 1984
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George Washington University, B.B.A., 1979
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Micah Green offers clients a full range of experience in market and industry leadership, crisis management, and legislative and regulatory advocacy. He brings together a deep understanding of the policy and political environment with decades of representing the players and products in the financial markets throughout the United States and globally, specifically excelling in the area of government policy risk assessment and management.
Most recently, Mr. Green was President and Co-CEO of the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association, which was formed by a merger between The Bond Market Association and the Securities Industry Association. Mr. Green served as President and CEO of The Bond Market Association for seven years at the time of the merger, leading the full-service trade association in its representation of the largest financial markets in the world, the estimated $48 trillion debt markets, and a diverse mix of over 460 securities firms and banks, multi-product firms, and companies with special market and regional niches. As CEO, he oversaw the Association’s expansion across the markets and across the globe, establishing offices in Europe and Asia.
He gained extensive knowledge of the needs of different types of markets, businesses, and products during his 20 years at the Association, increasing the group’s membership and global coverage, expanding the range and depth of services available to members through legal/regulatory and market standards and practices initiatives, and shepherding the industry during times of stress (e.g. post 9/11 market issues). His success in bringing together fierce business competitors to collectively pursue responsible practices and policies to strengthen the markets and the reputation of its participants endures as one of Mr. Green’s greatest achievements at the Association.
Before joining The Bond Market Association, Mr. Green was Tax Legislative Counsel at MCI Communications, where he was responsible for implementing the federal, state, and local tax legislative effort of the telecommunications company and leading MCI’s lobbying efforts during major tax reform. Before that, he lobbied Congress for the National Association of Realtors.
Mr. Green also worked in the public sector, working on Capitol Hill for seven years, including serving as Staff Director of a subcommittee that had jurisdiction of numerous civil service-related issues, including a federal program to review programs that can be contracted out and the Ethics-in-Government Act.
Representative Matters:
- Led The Bond Market Association advocacy efforts which resulted in Congress expanding the use of municipal bonds by eliminating the volume cap on tax exempt 501(c)(3) bonds in 1997 and approved increases in private activity bond volume caps in 1998 and again in 2000. Also led efforts to successfully avert negative tax proposals affecting the issuance of numerous corporate bond instruments.
- Oversaw industry-wide emergency activities during the September 11 crisis to reopen the fixed income markets within 48 hours of the tragedy.
- Successfully managed The Bond Market Association’s immediate response to a major market scandal that put at risk the basic structure and nature of the U.S. Government Securities market.
- Worked extensively with regulators at the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), the Federal Reserve, the Treasury, and others to ensure that policies recognized, and preserved the need for, market efficiency and liquidity.
- Successfully lobbied a transition rule in the 1986 Tax Reform Act that allowed MCI Communications to complete its fiber optic telecommunications network under more favorable pre-tax reform laws and rules, saving the company significant tax dollars.
Professional Affiliations:
American Bar Association
Exchequer Club (former Chancellor)
The Bond Club of New York
Municipal Bond Forum of New York
Bretton Woods Committee
Congregation B’nai Tzedek (former President), Potomac, Maryland
National Jewish Democratic Council (Executive Committee)
Kappa Beta Phi
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