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.

[1][2] He cites his father, involved in desegregation in Philadelphia in the early 1950s, as instilling in him "the whole concept I had of doing justice.

[1] One of Sporkin's first major SEC cases led to the 1974 conviction of George Steinbrenner for illegal campaign contributions,[1] and he became an advocate for the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act enacted in 1977.

[3] Following his retirement from the bench, Sporkin became affiliated with Weil, Gotshal & Manges and embarked on a private law practice.

He was in charge of the BP America Ombudsman Team,[7] working from Chevy Chase, Maryland.