Mr. Daniel Reuven Margolis has been General Counsel at Ellington Financial LLC since August 2013. Mr. Margolis has been General Counsel of Ellington Residential Mortgage REIT from 2012 to May 2013. Mr. Margolis serves as General Counsel and Secretary of Ellington Management Group, LLC. Mr. Margolis served as Secretary of Ellington Financial LLC from July 2010 to August 2013. Mr. Margolis is responsible for advising Ellington on all legal, regulatory, compliance, documentation and litigation matters. Mr. Margolis was a Partner at Pillsbury, Winthrop, Shaw, Pittman LLP. He was a Junior Partner at Wilmer, Cutler, Pickering, Hale and Dorr LLP. In both positions, he represented corporations and individuals, including financial services organizations, in criminal and regulatory investigations and in complex civil litigation. From 2000 to 2004, Mr. Margolis was an Assistant United States Attorney in the United States Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York, where he prosecuted a variety of white collar crimes including securities fraud, investment fraud, tax fraud and money laundering. In 2004, he received the John Marshall Award, the Department of Justice's highest award for excellence in legal performance. He has a J.D. from New York University Law School, where he graduated cum laude and a B.A. degree from Binghamton University where he graduated Magna Cum Laude with highest honors in Political Science and was a Member of Phi Beta Kappa.