Legal Enforcement
Fairness enforcer
Professionally and personally, Tina Salehi Gubb, L’98, is pursuing her passions. Gubb was recently appointed senior vice president for legal enforcement at the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA), where she has been working since 1998. FINRA is a not-for-profit self-regulatory organization with a mission to protect investors and ensure market integrity.
“The enforcement department is [one] that I am truly passionate about,” she said. “We want to ensure that every investor receives the basic protections they deserve. FINRA is at the front line of that protection.”
I honestly can’t think of a better way to spend my time.
Her days are spent collaborating and strategizing with attorneys and investigators who are looking at potential misconduct such as customer fraud or market manipulation. These cases may involve bad brokers, customers who were harmed, and trading activity that impacts the integrity of the markets.
“We want to bring cases that remove bad actors from FINRA membership and make harmed customers whole,” Gubb said. “We build cases through fact-finding and top-notch legal analysis. These cases may result in settlements or in litigations, which we pursue to make sure that the markets operate fairly.”
Gubb followed in the footsteps of her brother, Nader Salehi, L’95, by attending Richmond Law. There, she found an engaging and supportive learning environment.
“Those three years helped me grow as a person and as a lawyer,” she said. “My experience at Richmond affirmed for me both the higher purpose of law as the foundation of a just society and its practical application in protecting the everyday public from the misdeeds of bad actors. Those aspects of the law have animated my career and given meaning and purpose to my work ever since.”
Richmond Law impacted both her professional and personal paths as she married fellow Spider Joaquin Gubb, L’98. “We met in law school and have been together ever since,” she said.
While she has little time for hobbies of her own, Gubb focuses much of her free time on her daughters’ passion for competitive dance.
“At this point in my life and career, I’m prioritizing my core roles as a wife and mother and leader and colleague,” Gubb said. “I find each of those roles so rewarding, and I honestly can’t think of a better way to spend my time. I consider myself very fortunate to have the opportunity to pursue the passions of my life and work.”