Enforcement 40 for 2013

 Securities Docket’s “Enforcement 40”

  1. Bruce A. Baird, Covington & Burling

  2. William Baker III, Latham & Watkins

  3. Jonathan R. Barr, BakerHostetler

  4. David B. Bayless, Covington & Burling

  5. Bradley J. Bondi, Cahill Gordon & Reindel 

  6. Alex J. Bourelly, Baker Botts

  7. Peter H. Bresnan, Simpson Thacher

  8. Gregory S. Bruch, Bruch Hanna

  9. Wayne M. Carlin, Wachtell

  10. John J. Carney, BakerHostetler

  11. Stephen J. Crimmins, K&L Gates

  12. Charles E. Davidow, Paul Weiss

  13. Douglas J. Davison, WilmerHale

  14. Ralph C. Ferrara, Proskauer

  15. Reid M. Figel, Kellogg Huber

  16. Thomas Hanusik, Crowell & Moring

  17. Lawrence Iason, Morvillo Abramowitz

  18. Herbert F. Janick, III, Sidley

  19. Dixie L. Johnson, Fried Frank

  20. Brad S. Karp, Paul Weiss

  21. Philip S. Khinda, Steptoe & Johnson

  22. Carmen J. Lawrence, Fried Frank

  23. Andrew J. Levander, Dechert

  24. Colleen P. Mahoney, Skadden

  25. William R. McLucas, WilmerHale

  26. Michael J. Missal, K&L Gates

  27. Therese D. Pritchard, Bryan Cave

  28. Walter G. Ricciardi, Paul Weiss

  29. Russell G. Ryan, King & Spalding

  30. Cheryl J. Scarboro, Simpson Thacher & Bartlett

  31. Erich T. Schwartz, Skadden

  32. Hon. Stanley Sporkin

  33. John Reed Stark, Stroz Friedberg

  34. John H. Sturc, Gibson Dunn

  35. Linda Chatman Thomsen, Davis Polk

  36. Jonathan R. Tuttle, Debevoise & Plimpton

  37. F. Joseph Warin, Gibson Dunn

  38. Reid H. Weingarten, Steptoe & Johnson

  39. Harry J. Weiss, WilmerHale

  40. Theodore Wells, Paul Weiss

About the Enforcement 40: Securities Docket’s Enforcement 40 is our list of the 40 best and brightest securities enforcement defense lawyers. Based on nominations, input from numerous senior lawyers in the field, and considerable research, we tried to answer a simple question:

Who would you hire if you, your company or a family member was faced with an important SEC enforcement matter?

We also imposed three key requirements:

  • Candidates for the Enforcement 40 must be in the private sector for at least the past two years.

  • Candidates for the Enforcement 40 must have a practice that is at last 50% dedicated to SEC enforcement defense work.

  • Candidates for the Enforcement 40 must be attorneys (as opposed to accountants, economists or other experts)

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