Allison Lurton, who most recently served as senior counsel at the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission, has joined the international law firm of Covington & Burling as of counsel. She will join the firm's energy, derivatives and white collar practices with a focus on advising clients on the financial regulation reforms to be implemented and enforced by the CFTC as a result of the recently passed Dodd-Frank Act.

During her seven years at the CFTC, Lurton gained extensive experience in both the regulation and enforcement of energy and other derivative markets. As senior counsel to Commissioner Scott O’Malia, and previously counsel to Chairman Gary Gensler and Acting Chairmen Walter Lukken and Michael Dunn, she was significantly involved in a wide range of CFTC policy and regulatory matters, including the CFTC’s activities related to the financial reform legislation.

From 2003-2007, Lurton served as a trial attorney, rising to chief trial attorney for the CFTC’s Division of Enforcement and handled a range of matters involving the energy industry. Prior to joining the CFTC, Lurton spent four years at the Department of Justice, where she was a trial attorney in the Commercial Litigation Branch.