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Stanley Sporkin
Judge, U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia · 1985
Stanley Sporkin , Judge, U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. Stanley Sporkin (February 7, 1932 – March 23, 2020) was an American lawyer who served as the director of enforcement for the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), general counsel for the Central Intelligence Agency and United States federal judge of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia.
Education
- Pennsylvania State UniversityA.B., 1953
- Yale Law SchoolLL.B., 1957
Career
Law clerk, Hon. Caleb M. Wright, U.S. District Court, District of Delaware, 1957-1960; Law clerk, Hon. Paul Leahy, U.S. District Court, District of Delaware, 1960; Private practice, Washington, D.C., 1960-1961, 2000-; U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, 1961-1981; Staff attorney, Special Studies of the Securities Markets, 1961-1963; Division of Trading and Markets, 1963; Chief, Branch of Enforcement, 1963-1966; Chief enforcement attorney, Office of Enforcement, 1966-1967; Assistant director of enforcement, 1967-1968; Associate director of enforcement, 1968-1972; Deputy director, Division of Enforcement, 1972-1974; Director, Division of Enforcement, 1974-1981; General counsel, Central Intelligence Agency, 1981-1986
Biography
Stanley Sporkin (February 7, 1932 – March 23, 2020) was an American lawyer who served as the director of enforcement for the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), general counsel for the Central Intelligence Agency and United States federal judge of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia.
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