In a few cases, securities lawyers say, critical pieces of evidence were probably destroyed, too.

But to securities lawyers, the episode is merely proof that very little has changed in the past 200 years.

A securities lawyer for more than a decade, she had much exposure to finance and the capital markets.

Other drawbacks to the job are cited by both securities lawyers and Government officials.

Most securities lawyers and accountants will not make that broad a claim.

He is known as an eminent securities lawyer and scholar.

These views are not unanimously shared by other securities lawyers.

But for three leading securities lawyers attending the gala, the best was yet to come.

Officials of brokerage firms and securities lawyers said they expected little effect from the ruling.

That might be an attractive source of profits, but it raises questions as well, securities lawyers say.