Alex Lemmel

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Alex Lemmel

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Alex is a second-year J.D. candidate in the weekend program at University of Denver Sturm College of Law. Alex hails from Ohio and graduated from Case Western Reserve University with an accounting degree. When not commuting from Durango, Alex works full time as a Compliance and Contracts Manager for an employee-owned, global manufacturer, StoneAge, Inc. Alex is a licensed CPA and previously served as the Controller for StoneAge, and in the role grew the accounting team, expanded into international entities, and executed multiple acquisitions. Alex’s previous work experience also includes auditing for a nationally recognized accounting firm, RSM US LLP, and SEC reporting and financial accounting roles at publicly traded retailer Abercrombie & Fitch.

Alex believes in fostering better conversations in our communities. As such, Alex founded StoneAge’s, Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging Group, and currently serves as a member. Alex also actively volunteers for the non-partisan League of Women Voters of La Plata County. Outside of school, Alex enjoys backpacking, baking, hiking with their dog, making pasta, snowshoeing, and traveling.

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Student and Faculty Blog of University of Denver Sturm College of Law
Delayed Rules on Conflict of Interest Bound to Face More Conflict

Congress enacted the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (“Dodd-Frank”) as a direct response to the 2008 Financial Crisis when millions of Americans lost homes due to foreclosure. (SEC). Among myriad findings, a final report on the 2008 Financial Crisis stated that investment transactions with conflicts of interest contributed to the crisis. (Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission). For example, the commission found that financial firms marketed an investment and profited off that investment product’s decline…

Putting the “ESG” in Pendulum Swing

Environmental, Social, and Governance (“ESG”) Retirement Investing is a form of socially conscious investing where fiduciaries in a retirement plan review non-financial factors when analyzing investment decisions. (CFA Institute). Though the letters “ESG” may appear novel in the retirement context, “socially conscious” retirement investing is decades old. As early as the 1970s, public pension funds made socially conscious decisions within pension portfolios by divesting from “sin” stocks, like companies affiliated with smoking and gambling. (Jean-Pierre Aubry et. al, Center for Retirement Research). Millennials, the largest segment of the workforce in U.S. history, are now driving interest in ESG investing, putting trillions of dollars at stake for asset managers. (Chris Versage & Mark Abssy, Nasdaq). Workforce retirement plans are most of a non-retiree’s investment savings. (Economic Well-Being of U.S. Households, Federal Reserve). Therefore, because millennials are the largest segment of the work force, millennials increased attention in ESG to retirement investing…