Milt Buckingham

General Counsel
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Mr. Buckingham is the General Counsel of Efficient Capital Management, LLC. He is a licensed lawyer with 25+ years of industry experience.


Before joining Efficient in 2018, he was the General Counsel and Chief Compliance Officer at two investment management firms, Acrospire Investment Management (2016-2017) and Rotella Capital Management (2011-2016), both in Chicago. Before his in-house roles, Mr. Buckingham was a partner at Winston & Strawn LLP (2005-2011) and a partner and associate at Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP (1998-2005), in their Chicago offices.

Mr. Buckingham started his investment management career in 1997 as a staff attorney at Sidley & Austin LLP. Prior to Sidley, from 1992-1997, Mr. Buckingham was a practicing litigator in various capacities. He received a Bachelor of Arts degree, with honors, from the University of Arizona in 1989, and his Juris Doctor degree from the University of Illinois College of Law in 1992.