The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) announced on October 21, 2010 that it has selected J. Bradley Bennett, a Partner at the law firm Baker Botts in Washington, DC, as its new head of Enforcement. Bennett will start at FINRA on January 1, 2011 and will take over from James Shorris, who has been acting Chief of Enforcement since Susan Merrill departed the organization in March 2010.