Keith S. Marks

Keith Marks, Partner, Ascendant Compliance Management, Inc. provides consulting, on-site mock examinations and registration services to investment managers including wealth managers, institutional advisers, hedge funds, wrap fee sponsors, and family offices. Keith regularly speaks to compliance professionals at in-house training programs and at various other industry association conferences. In addition, he regularly contributes compliance-related articles for inclusion in advisory firm newsletters and is frequently requested as a speaker in web seminars. Before joining Ascendant Compliance Management at the firm's inception, Keith was an instructor for the Center for Compliance Professionals, and the Director of Investment Advisor Services at National Regulatory Services (NRS). Keith previously practiced law for Day Pitney LLP, in Hartford, Connecticut. Keith served as a law clerk for two years in Connecticut's Supreme Court and Appellate Court. He earned his Juris Doctor degree magna cum laude from Western New England College School of Law, and B.A. magna cum laude from the University of Connecticut.