Gurbir Grewal

Gurbir Grewal
Grewal in 2021
Director of the Division of Enforcement, Securities and Exchange Commission
In office
July 26, 2021  October 11, 2024
Preceded byMelissa Hodgman (acting)
Succeeded bySanjay Wadhwa (acting)
61st Attorney General of New Jersey
In office
January 16, 2018  July 16, 2021
GovernorPhil Murphy
Preceded byChristopher Porrino
Succeeded byAndrew Bruck (acting)
Prosecutor of Bergen County
In office
January 4, 2016  January 16, 2018
Acting: January 4, 2016 – January 12, 2017
Appointed byChris Christie
Preceded byJohn Molinelli
Succeeded byDennis Calo
Personal details
Born
Gurbir Singh Grewal

(1973-06-23) June 23, 1973
Jersey City, New Jersey, U.S.
Political partyDemocratic
EducationGeorgetown University (BS)
College of William & Mary (JD)

Gurbir Singh Grewal (/ˈɡɜːrbɪər ˈɡrwɑːl/; born June 23, 1973) is an American attorney and prosecutor who was formerly the Director of the Division of Enforcement for the Securities and Exchange Commission from July 2021 until his resignation, which became effective in October 2024. In October 2024, Grewal joined Milbank LLP’s New York office as a partner specializing in SEC enforcement matters.

Prior to his service with the SEC as the Director of Enforcement, Grewal served as the sixty-first attorney general of the State of New Jersey from January 2018 until July 2021. Appointed by Governor Phil Murphy, he was confirmed by the New Jersey Senate on January 16, 2018. He was the first Sikh-American attorney general in United States history. Grewal was formerly the county prosecutor of Bergen County, New Jersey, originally appointed in 2016; he was also the first Sikh American to be named a county prosecutor in the United States. He was the second South Asian to be a state attorney general after California's Kamala Harris in 2011.