Bloomberg Law
April 1, 2016, 6:03 PM UTC

Judge Sporkin, 84, Weighs Retirement, Reflects on Career

Casey Sullivan

Last week, we published a post about how the former federal judge Stanley Sporkin served as a mentor figure to a number of prominent securities lawyers who didn’t necessarily come from an elite law school.

It was a different world in the 1960s and 70s, when Sporkin was with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and the agency was in its infancy, Sporkin explained. He was able to make hiring decisions based on gut feeling, not just how someone looked on paper.

“The most important thing I saw in the person was that they could be my friend, and that we ...

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