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 For Immediate Release
Feb 23, 2000 Contact: Press Office
202-646-5172


JUDICIAL WATCH SALUTES JUDGE STANLEY SPORKIN




(Washington, D.C.) The U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia may never be the same without the courage, wisdom and virtue of recently retired Judge Stanley Sporkin. Judicial Watch's primary mission is to seek out and remedy injustice in the executive, legislative and judicial branches of government. Today, Judicial Watch would like to thank Judge Sporkin for his service to the country and to the cause of justice.

"He was one of the few judges in the country who was not afraid to take on the political establishment," stated Judicial Watch's Chairman and General Counsel, Larry Klayman.

Judge Sporkin graduated from Yale Law School and joined the Securities Exchange Commission (SEC) in 1961. Sporkin served as Director of Enforcement and earned the reputation as being one of the creators of the modern SEC enforcement approach. In 1981, Judge Sporkin was appointed General Counsel of the Central Intelligence Agency by President Reagan. In 1985, President Reagan asked Judge Sporkin to serve as Judge to the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia.

Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP announced yesterday that Judge Sporkin will join the firm as partner on March 1, 2000 and will head the firm's SEC practice in Washington, D.C.

Judicial Watch, Inc., a non-partisan, non-profit conservative foundation based in Washington, D.C.


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