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. His 40-year federal judicial career, beginning in 1961 at the SEC, at times attracted both derision and admiration for his perceived judicial activism, at times also displaying a quick mind and pugnacity on the bench.
Stanley Sporkin
District of Columbia District Court
Born 1932 in Philadelphia, PA
Died 2020 in Rockville, MD
FJC ID: 2255
- Gender
- Male
- Race
- White
Prior employment
- Private practice, Washington, D.C.1960–1961, 2000–present
Central Intelligence AgencyGeneral counsel · 1981–1986
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission1961–1981- ↳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
Law clerk , Hon. Caleb M. Wright · 1957–1960- Law clerk , Hon. Paul Leahy · 1960
Appointments
1985–2000 · Appointed by Ronald Reagan (Republican)Term ended: Retirement
Education
LL.B. · 1957- Pennsylvania State UniversityA.B. · 1953