On May 31, BuckleySandler announced that Thomas A. Sporkin, Chief of the Office of Market Intelligence (OMI) at the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), will join the firm as a partner, effective June 18. Sporkin spent 20 years at the SEC’s Division of Enforcement and established and led OMI for the past two and a half years. Under his leadership, OMI attorneys, accountants, and market surveillance specialists performed analysis and conducted investigations on intelligence collected from a variety of internal and external sources, including the SEC’s new Dodd-Frank Whistleblower Office. By January 2012, OMI’s partnership with the Enforcement Division’s specialized units, regional offices, and home office associate director groups was responsible for the origination of over half of all SEC investigations. In a recent New York Times article, Sporkin was noted as a rising star within the SEC, leading the agency’s efforts to sift through hundreds of pieces of intelligence a day, distilling the hottest tips into a daily intelligence report. (New York Times, May 21, 2012, http://nyti.ms/L24f4i) “With the addition of Tom, we will be even better able to assist our clients in navigating an increasingly challenging enforcement and regulatory environment. He brings significant expertise, particularly with respect to federal civil and criminal enforcement and securities investigations, the Foreign Corrupt Practice Act, Dodd-Frank and other whistleblower qui tam actions,” explained BuckleySandler Chairman and Executive Partner, Andrew L. Sandler. “Our clients will have the benefit of access to the invaluable insights Tom has to offer and his arrival greatly strengthens our robust criminal and civil enforcement practice.”