Connor Raso

Connor Raso is the Acting General Counsel of the PCAOB. In this role, he provides legal advice and counsel on all PCAOB operations and manages the Office of the General Counsel (OGC) to execute the organization's statutory mandate.

Before being named Acting General Counsel in May 2025, Mr. Raso served as a Deputy General Counsel in OGC, advising the Board on PCAOB programs and operations and assisting with OGC’s management.

Prior to joining the PCAOB in June 2022, Mr. Raso worked in various roles with the Securities and Exchange Commission and represented the Commission before the Administrative Conference of the United States. Earlier in his career, he served as an attorney-advisor at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and clerked on the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit.

Mr. Raso serves as a regulator contributor to the Brookings Institution’s Series on Regulatory Process and is an active member of the American Law Institute. He holds a J.D. from Yale Law School, a Ph.D. from Stanford University’s Department of Political Science, and a B.S.B.A. from Washington University in St. Louis, where he was a Fulbright Scholar.