Go to CFTC IG Home PageMr. Lavik has over 25 years of federal experience, primarily in the area of anti-trust and regulatory law. He principally has held evaluation review positions at the Federal Trade Commission and the Federal Reserve Board with a feint at litigation. He prefers the former. Additionally, he has spent time in private practice doing corporate counseling. A Knoxville, Tennessee native, Mr. Lavik received undergraduate, law school, and graduate business school degrees from the University of Chicago. He is married and his daughter, eschewing her father's suspect subjects, is studying Materials Science in graduate school.