On Thursday, October 30, 2025, Securities Docket announced its “Enforcement Hall of Fame” Class of 2025. Bruce Carton, Editor of Securities Docket, announced the 10 new members of the Enforcement Hall of Fame at the conclusion of Securities Enforcement Forum D.C., which was held at the Mayflower Hotel in Washington, D.C. The 10 lawyers honored in the Class of 2025 are:
- William Baker III
- Gregory Bruch
- Scott Friestad
- Daniel Hawke
- Carmen Lawrence
- Michele Layne
- Colleen Mahoney
- John Reed Stark
- Linda Chatman Thomsen
- Richard Walker
The Enforcement Hall of Fame is Securities Docket’s list of the lawyers “who have made the most extraordinary contributions to, and impact upon, the field of securities enforcement over their lifetimes.” Members of the Enforcement Hall of Fame must be lawyers with at least 35 years of legal or other professional experience following law school, including significant experience working at the SEC.
Securities Docket created the inaugural, eight-person class of its Enforcement Hall of Fame in 2014. 2025 is the first-ever update to the Enforcement Hall of Fame.
Full information on the Enforcement Hall of Fame, including detailed information on each lawyer, is available here.
