1941
Born in New York, New York to Foster Comings and Marjorie Greene.
1963
Receives a Bachelor of Arts from Amherst College.
1966
Receives a Bachelor of Laws from Harvard University.
1967
Marries Diana Barton Harding.
1967
Becomes an assistant professor at Wayne State Law School in Detroit, Michigan.
1968
Becomes an associate at Willkie, Farr & Gallagher in New York, New York.
1971
Admitted to practice in the state of New York.
1972
Promoted to partner at Willkie, Farr & Gallagher.
1978
Becomes deputy director of the Corporate Finance Division of the Securities and Exchange Commission.
1981
Becomes general counsel for the Securities and Exchange Commission.
1982
Becomes partner at Cleary, Gottlieb, Steen & Hamilton in Washington, Toyko, London and New York City.
1982
Becomes an adjunct professor of law at Georgetown University.
2004
Becomes general counsel for the Institutional Clients Group of Citigroup Inc. in New York, New York.
2009
Becomes senior counsel for Cleary, Gottlieb, Steen & Hamilton.
2012
Becomes a senior lecturer of law at Columbia Law School.