Les Blau is Of Counsel to Malmfeldt Law Group. He has over 50 years of experience in commodity futures and securities law. Over the course of his career, Les has prosecuted and defended  regulatory proceedings before the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, and has represented investors and commodity futures industry members in litigation.

Les was previously Head of Enforcement for the CFTC, New York office; Vice President of Compliance for the AMEX Commodities Exchange; and Chief General Counsel of Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette Futures. Les has an A.B. from Middlebury College with honors (1969) and a J.D. from Columbia Law School (1972) where he was a Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar and served as an editor of the Columbia Journal of Law and Social Problems. He is admitted to practice in Illinois and New York. 

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Education: 

  • Columbia Law School, J.D. (1972)
    • Editor, Columbia Journal of Law and Social Problems
  • Middlebury College, A.B. with honors (1969)