The President today announced his intention to nominate Stephen J. Friedman, of New York City, as a member of the Securities and Exchange Commission. He would replace Roberta Karmel, who has resigned.
Friedman is a securities lawyer and has been a partner in the New York firm of Debevois, Plimpton, Lyons and Gates since 1979.
He was born March 19, 1938, in Brooklyn, N.Y. He received an A.B. from Princeton University in 1959 and an LL.B. from Harvard Law School in 1962.
From 1963 to 1964, Friedman was law clerk to Justice William Brennan of the U.S. Supreme Court. From 1964 to 1965, he was Special Assistant to the Maritime Administrator at the Commerce Department.
Friedman was with the firm of Debevois, Plimpton, Lyons and Gates from 1965 to 1977, and was a partner from 1971 to 1977. From 1974 to 1977, he was also a lecturer in advanced securities regulation and corporate finance at Columbia Law School. From 1977 to 1979, he was Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for Capital Markets Policy.
Jimmy Carter, Securities and Exchange Commission Nomination of Stephen J. Friedman To Be a Member. Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/249637