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Assassination Records Review Board
Final Determination Notification
AGENCY :
RECORD NUMBER :
RECORD SERIES :
AGENCY FILE NUMBER :
HSCA
180-10060-10486
STAFF PAYROLL RECORDS
December 8, 1995
Status of Document:
Postponed in Part
Number of releases of previously postponed information: 21
Reason for Board Action: The Review Board's decision was premised on several factors
including: (a) the significant historical interest in the document in question; (b) the
absence of evidence that the release of the information would cause harm to the United
States or to any individual.
Number of Postponements: 6
Postponements: All the postponements in this document represent Social Security numbers.
Reason for Board Action: The text is redacted because the public disclosure of the redaction could
reasonably be expected to constitute an unwarranted invasion of personal privacy, and that invasion of
privacy would be so substantial that it outweighs the public interest.
Substitute Language: SSN
Date of Next Review: 2017
Board Review Completed: 10/24/95
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Released under the John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1992 (44 USC
2107 Note). Case#:NW 88326 Date: 2025
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JFK ASSASSINATION SYSTEM
IDENTIFICATION FORM
AGENCY INFORMATION
Date: 08/20/93
Page: 1
AGENCY : HSCA
RECORD NUMBER :
180-10060-10486
RECORDS SERIES :
STAFF PAYROLL RECORDS
AGENCY FILE NUMBER :
ORIGINATOR : HSCA
FROM:
TO :
TITLE :
DATE : 11/23/76
PAGES: 23
SUBJECTS :
HSCA, ADMINISTRATION
DOCUMENT INFORMATION
MORDANA, SARI
DOCUMENT TYPE :
PRINTED FORM
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OPENING CRITERIA :
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MORDANA
Name of Employee
Address
Address
Phone Number
Position Title
5.
OFFICE OF THE CLERK
U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
PERSONAL LEAVE RECORD
1977
YEAR
BALANCE BROUGHT
FORWARD FROM
PRECEDING YEAR
Annual
Leave
Sick
Leave
ANNUAL LEAVE
DATE OF APPOINTMENT
CATEGORY
11-23-76.
1.0
1.5
PRIOR FEDERAL SERVICE
2.0
Years
Months
ACCRUED
Position Nuinber
Lavel
Step
THIS MONTH
AVAILABLE
THIS MONTH
USED
BALANCE
AT CLOSE
THIS MONTH
OF MONTH.
DAY OF MONTH
Month
1 2
3
4
5
6
7 3 9
10
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21 22 23
24
25 26 27
28 20
30
Annual. Sick
31 Leave Leave
Annual
Leave
Sick
Leave
Annual Sick
Annual
Sick
Leave
Leave
Leave
Leave
Jan.
Feb.
Mar.
July ☑AA AAAAA AAA //
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CERTIFIED CORRECT:
Employee's Signature
Date
Chief's Signature
Date
(If employee refuses to sign, state reason below.)
=0.5 day administrative leave
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or A
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= 1.0 day administrative leave
Approved:
Clerk of the House
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This record will be forwarded to the Clerk of the House at the end of each calendar year, or in case of termination, along
with the request for termination. Upon approval, the record will be filed in the employee's official personnel folder..
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EXHIBIT I
EMPLOYEE
INITIALS
MEMORANDUM
TO: Tom Howarth, Budget Officer
FROM: G. Robert Blakey, Chief Counsel and Director
DATE:
RE:
August 25, 1977
Resignations of Fallis, Brown and Mordana
8-25-77
Steve Fallis has resigned effective Monday,
September 12, 1977.
7.4
(Last day of work sept.) 2 1/2 9/12
pay
Claire Brown has resigned effective Tuesday,
September 20, 1977
(Last day of work
thre
Sari Mordana has resigned effective Monday,
September 12, 1977
(Last day of wor
The 7/15
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مشروط
The above dated are the last dates through which,
including vacation, they should be paid.
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MEMORANDUM
TO:
Tom Howarth, Budget Officer
FROM: G. Robert Blakey, Chief Counsel and Director
DATE:
August 25, 1977
RE: Resignations of Fallis, Brown and Mordana
8-25-77
Steve Fallis has resigned effective Monday,
September 12, 1977.
(Last day of work saft play
2 1/2 7/12
Claire Brown has resigned effective Tuesday,
September 20, 1977
(Last day of work
Phone: 9/20
Sari Mordana has resigned effective Monday,
September 12, 1977
(hast day of work
These 7/15
pay
خہ
The above dated are the last dates through which,
including vacation, they should be paid.
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PAYROLL AUTHORIZATION FORM
(Please Use Typewriter
or Ballpoint Pen)
U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Washington, D.C. 20515
To the Clerk of the House of Representatives:
Thereby authorize the following payroll action:
Employee Name (First-Middle-Last).
(Any erasures, corrections, or changes
on this form must be initialed by the
authorizing official.)
Effective Date
9/15/77
Sari Mordana
Employee Social Security Number
102 30 2631
Employing Office or Committee
Assassinations
Appointment
☐ Salary Adjustment
Type of Action
Termination (At close of business on effective date)
(If type of action is an Appointment or Salary Adjustment, complete the following information.)
Position Title
Law Assistant
(If Committee Employee, complete appropriate item below.)
··1.. Standing Committee: Staff - Clerical or ☐ Professional.
465
95th
2. Special or Select Committee: Authority-H. Res._
Congress.
3. ☐ Joint Committee.
Gross Annual Salary
$19,500
(If Employee of an Officer of the House, complete item below.).
Position Number_
If applicable, Level Step
✓I certify that this authorization is not in violation of 5 U.S.C. 3110(b), prohibiting the employment of
relatives.
Date
September 15 1977
(Signature of Authorizing,Official)
Louis Stokes
(Type or print name of Authorizing Official)
Chairman
(Title If Member, District and State)
All appointments and salary adjustments for employees under the House Classification Act and for Committee em-
ployees, except those of the Committee on Appropriations, the Committee on the Budget, and the Joint Committees; must
be approved by the Committee on House Administration.
Office of Finance use only:
Office Code ___
Monthly Annuity $
.00
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APPROVED:
Chairman, Committee on House Administration
Copy for Initiating Office or Committee.
PAYROLL AUTHORIZATION FORM
(Please Use: Typewriter
or Ballpoint Pen)
U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Washington, D.C. 20515.
To the Clerk of the House of Representatives:
I hereby authorize the following payroll action:
Employee Name (First-Middle-Last).
(Any erasures, corrections, or changes.
on this form must be initialed by the
authorizing official.)
Effective Date
Sart Mordana
Employee Social Security Number
8/1/77
Type of Action
102-30-2631
Employing Office or Committee
Assassinations
Appointment
✓ Salary Adjustment
Termination (At close of business on effective date)
(If type of action is an Appointment or Salary Adjustment, complete the following information.)
Position Title
Gross Annual Salary-
19,500
Law Assistant
(If Committee Employee, complete appropriate item below.)
1: ☐ Standing Committee: Staff -☐ Clerical or ☐ Professional.
2. Special or Select Committee: Authority-H. Res.__
465
95th
of
Congress.
3. ☐ Joint Committee.
(If Employee of an Officer of the House, complete item below.)
Position Number__
_ If applicable, Level_
Step
I certify that this authorization is not in violation of 5 U.S.C. 3110(b), prohibiting the employment of
relatives.
Date
August 2
77
19
(Signature of Authorizing Official)
LOUIS STOKES
(Type or print name of Authorizing Official)
CHAIRMAN
(Title If Member, District and State)
☐ All appointments and salary adjustments for employees under the House Classification Act and for Committee em
ployees, except those of the Committee on Appropriations, the Committee on the Budget, and the Joint Committees, must
be approved by the Committee on House Administration...
Office of Finance use only:
Office Code__
Monthly Annuity $.
.00
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APPROVED:
Chairman, Committee on House Administration.
Copy for Initiating Office or Committee
PAYROLL AUTHORIZATION FORM
(Please Use Typewriter.
or Ballpoint Pen).
U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Washington, D.C. 20515
To the Clerk of the House of Representatives:
I hereby authorize the following payroll action:
Employee Name (First-Middle-Last)
* (Any erasures, corrections, or changes
on this form must be initialed by the
authorizing official.)
Effective Date
Sari Mordana
5/1/77
Employee Social Security Number
102 30 2631
Appointment
Type of Action
Employing Office or Committee
Assassinations
Salary Adjustment
Termination (At close of business on effective date).
(If type of action is an Appointment or Salary Adjustment, complete the following information.):
Position Title
Gross Annual Salary
$15,000
(If Committee Employee, complete appropriate item below.)
1. ☐ Standing Committee: Staff-☐ Clerical or ☐ Professional.
2. ☑ Special or Select Committee: Authority-H. Res.__
3. ☐ Joint Committee.
465
of 95th
_Congress.
(If Employee of an Officer of the House, complete item below.)
Position Number_
relatives.
If applicable, Level _ Step
certify that this authorization is not in violation of 5 U.S.C. 3110(b), prohibiting the employment of
Date_
May 10 1977
(Signature of Authorizing Official)
Louis Stokes
(Type or print name of Authorizing Official)
Chairman
(Title If Member, District and State)
e em-
All appointments and salary adjustments for employees under the House Classification Act and for Committee
ployees, except those of the Committee on Appropriations, the Committee on the Budget, and the Joint Committees, must
be approved by the Committee on House: Administration.
Office of Finance use only:
Office Code __
Monthly Annuity $__
.00
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APPROVED:
Chairman, Committee on House Administration
Copy for Initiating Office or Committee
5/11
Fo
PAYROLL AUTHORIZATION FORM
(Please Use Typewriter...
or Ballpoint Pen)
U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Washington, D.C. 20515
To the Clerk of the House of Representatives:
I hereby authorize the following payroll action:
Employee Name (First-Middle-Last)
(Any erasures, corrections, or changes
on this form must be initialed by the
authorizing official.)
Effective Date
Sari Mordana
4/7/77
Employee Social Security Number
Type of Action
102.30 2631
Employing Office or Committee
Appointment
☑ Salary Adjustment
Termination (At close of business on effective date)
Assassinations
(If type of action is an Appointment or Salary Adjustment, complete the following information.)
Position Title
Gross Annual Salary
$30,000
(If Committee Employee, complete appropriate item below.)..
1. ☐ Standing Committee: Staff -☐ Clerical or ☐ Professional.
465
2. ☑Special or Select Committee: Authority-H. Res...
95th
of
Congress.
3. ☐ Joint Committee.
(If Employee of an Officer of the House, complete item below.)
Position Number_
If applicable, Level __
Step_
I certify that this authorization is not in violation of 5 U.S.C. 3110(b), prohibiting the employment of
relatives.
Date_
April 29
19_77
(Signature of Authorizing Official)
Louis Stokes
(Type or print name of Authorizing Official)
Chairman
(Title If Member, District and State)
All appointments and salary adjustments for employees under the House Classification Act and for Committee em-
ployees, except those of the Committee on Appropriations, the Committee on the Budget, and the Joint Committees, must
be approved by the Committee on House Administration.
*
Office of Finance use only:
Office Code..
Monthly Annuity $_.
.00
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APPROVED:
Chairman, Committee on House Administration
Copy for Initiating Office or Committee
GPO 1975 O 57-255.
PAYROLL AUTHORIZATION FORM
(Please Use Typewriter
or Ballpoint Pen)
U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Washington, D.C. 20515
To the Clerk of the House of Representatives:
hereby authorize the following payroll action:
Employee Name (First-Middle-Last)
(Any erasures, corrections, or changes
on this form must be initialed by the
authorizing official.)
Sari Nordana
Employee Social Security Number
102 30 2631
Employing Office or Committee
Effective Date
1/3/77
Type of Action
Appointment
Salary Adjustment
Termination (At close of business on effective date)
Select Committee on Assassinations
(If type of action is an Appointment or Salary Adjustment, complete the following information.)
Position Title
(If Committee Employee, complete appropriate item below.).
☐ Standing Committee: Staff ☐ Clerical or ☐ Professional.
Special or Select Committee: Authority-H. Res. 11-
3. Joint Committee.
(If Employee of an Officer of the House, complete item below.)
Position Number.
If applicable, Level_
Gross Annual Salary
$10.000.
of
195
Congress.
Step_
I certify that this authorization is not in violation of 5 U.S.C. 3110(b), prohibiting the employment of
relatives.
Date
1977
(Signature of Authorizing Official)
Henry B. Gonzalez
(Type or print name of Authorizing Official)
Chairman
(Title If Member, District and State)
All appointments and salary adjustments for employees under the House Classification Act and for Committee em-
ployees, except those of the Committee on Appropriations, the Committee on the Budget, and the Joint Committees, must
be approved by the Committee on House Administration...
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of Finance use only:
Office Code.
Monthly Annuity $.
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.00
APPROVED:
Chairman, Committee on House Administration
Copy for Initiating Office or Committee

KROLL AUTHORIZATION FORM
(Please Use Typewriter
or Ballpoint Pen)
U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Washington, D.C. 20515
To the Clerk of the House of Representatives:
I hereby authorize the following payroll action:
(Any erasures, corrections, or changes
on this form must be initialed by the
authorizing official.)
Employee Name (First-Middle-Last)
Sari Hordana
Employee Social Security Number
Effective Date
November 23, 1976
Type of Action
☑☐ Appointment
102 30 2631
Employing Office or Committee
Salary Adjustment
Select Committed on Asassinations
Termination (At close of business on effective date)
(If type of action is an Appointment or Salary Adjustment, complete the following information.)
Law Assistent
Position Title
(If Committee Employee, complete appropriate item below.).
Gross Annual Salary
$15,000
1.
Standing Committee: Staff -☐ Clerical, or ☐ Professional.
2. Special or Select Committee: Authority H. Res. 1540
of th Congress.
3. ☐ Joint Committee.
(If Employee of an Officer of the House, complete item below.)
Position Number_
If applicable, Level __
Step_
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11/22/76
I certify that this authorization is not in violation of 5 U.S.C. 3110(b), prohibiting the employment of
relatives.
Date __
November 22
1976
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Thomas
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new form.
102 30 2631.
(Signature of Authorizing Official)
Downing, Chairman
(Type or print name of Authorizing Official)
Select Comittee on Assassinations
(Title If Member, District and State)
☐ All appointments and salary adjustments for employees under the House Classification Act. and for Committee em-
ployees, except those of the Committee on Appropriations, the Committee on the Budget; and the Joint Committees, must
be approved by the Committee on House Administration.
Office of Finance use only:'
Office Code __
Monthly Annuity $_.
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.00
APPROVED:..
Chairman, Committee on House Administration
Copy for Initiating Office or Committee
MEMORANDUM
TO:
All Staff Employees
FROM:
Budget Officer
DATE:
January 3, 1977
RE:
Payroll Certification
Starting with the January, 1977 payroll, the certification
to the House Finance Office requires, among other things, the
relationship, if any, of each staff employee to any current
Member of Congress (those taking office January 3, 1977).
The following are the relationships to be included in
the certification:
father
mother
son
nephew
niece
brother-in-law
sister-in-law
stepfather
daughter
brother
sister
uncle
aunt
first cousin
husband
wife
father-in-law
mother-in-law
son-in-law
daughter-in-law
stepmother
stepbrother
stepsister
half-brother
half-sister
All staff employees are requested to complete this
form and return it to the Budget officer.
Approved
Richard A. Sprague
I am not related
I am related by the following relationship
So nature of Employee
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1/24/77
Date
SARI MORDANA
303 East 71st Street
New York, N. Y. 10021
(212) 988-6032
Legal
Columbia School of Law
Education
Degree received-May 1976
Age: 25 years old
Status: Single
Stone Scholar, VG average; Research in Constitutional Litigation
Columbia Graduate School of Journalism (1974-1976)—
completed half the Master's Program in Print and
Broadcast Journalism
LSAT 751
Barnard College
Degree received-June 1972
Phi Beta Kappa, Magna Cum Laude, Honors in
English Literature
Research projects in the Origins of Urban Ghettoes
and the Psycho-linguistics of Propaganda
Columbia Graduate School of the Arts (1971-1972)-
Documentary Filmmaking (Graduate Film Division)
Language French
Experience
American Civil Liberties Union, Legal Department:
Law Clerk to Legal Director-responsible for legal
research and writing in all phases of constitutional
litigation, and served as Legal Assistant to Ramsey
Clark on a First Amendment contempt case
June 1975 to the present
CBS, Inc., Law Department
Discovery phase (document production, interrogatory
response) of two anti-trust suits involving alleged
monopolization of program production and film
distribution by CBS, Inc.
May 1974 to August 1974
Non-legal-Downe Communications, Inc.
Editing and design of advertising copy and layouts for
Ladies' Home Journal and other accounts
January 1973 to August 1973
Recommendations upon request.
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SARI MORDANA
303 East 71st Street
New York, N. Y. 10021
(212) 988-6032.
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15, am
Age: 25 years old
Status: Single
Columbia School of Law
Education
Degree received-May 1976
Stone Scholar, VG average; Research in Constitutional Litigation
Columbia Graduate School of Journalism (1974-1976)-
completed half the Master's Program in Print and
Broadcast Journalism
LSAT 751
Barnard College
Degree received-June 1972
Phi Beta Kappa, Magna Cum Laude, Honors in
English Literature
Research projects in the Origins of Urban Ghettoes
and the Psycho-linguistics of Propaganda
Columbia Graduate School of the Arts (1971-1972)—
Documentary Filmmaking (Graduate Film Division)
Language French
--
Experience
American Civil Liberties Union, Legal Department
Law Clerk to Legal Director-responsible for legal
research and writing in all phases of constitutional
litigation, and served as Legal Assistant to Ramsey
Clark on a First Amendment contempt case
June 1975 to the present
CBS, Inc., Law Department
Discovery phase (document production, interrogatory
response) of two anti-trust suits involving alleged
monopolization of program production and film
distribution by CBS, Inc.
May 1974 to August 1974
Non-legal-Downe Communications, Inc.
Editing and design of advertising copy and layouts for
Ladies' Home Journal and other accounts
January 1973 to August 1973
Recommendations upon request.
October 26, 1976
Miss Sari Mordana
303 ast 71st Street
New York, N.Y. 10021
Dear Miss Mordana:
Thank you for your letter of October 19, 1976.
Although my schedule is kind of filled at the moment,
I would be able to see you on Monday, November 1, in
my office in Philadelphia at 4:30 P.M. I am sorry to
make it so late in the day, but I have to be in
Washington, Pa. earlier that day; and I am in
Washington, D.C. the rest of this week.
Would you be good enough to let my secretary
know whether you will be able to come in for this
appointment. Her name is Miss Shenk.
RAS:fs
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Sincerely yours,
RICHARD A. SPRAGUE
October 19, 1976
Richard A. Sprague, Esq.
1622 Locust Street
Phil., Pa. 19103
Dear Mr. Sprague:
I was so intrigued by your selection as Chief Counsel
and Staff Director of the Select Committee on Assassinations
that I had to write to you. I am an extremely bright and
capable graduate of Columbia Law School (May 1976) who hap-
pens to be one of your cousin Ziporah Mordana's daughters,
and one of Debora Horowitz's granddaughters.
I hope you will forgive me for thus invoking kinship,
but I am so eager to work with you that I am tempted to use
any and all reasonable means to help achieve that objective.
"Uncle" Louis heartily agreed that I should acquaint you with
my existence, and gave me your address.
My educational background includes being a Stone Scholar
and "VG" student at Columbia Law School, and a Phi Beta Kappa
at Barnard College (undergraduate division of Columbia Univer-
sity). While in law school, I persuaded the Columbia Graduate
School of Journalism to admit me to some of its professional
workshops (in reporting, writing, editing, etc.), and completed
half the Master's Program in Journalism.
My professional legal experience has involved a great deal
of litigation practice, from doing research and discovery, to
writing complaints, interrogatories, pre-trial memoranda and
appellate briefs, in areas ranging from anti-trust to customs
seizures.
My most challenging employment has been with the American
Civil Liberties Union, where I have been working since the
Summer of 1975. In my capacity as law clerk to the Legal Direc-
tor, I was given the responsibility for handling the pre-trial
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litigation (with occasional assistance) of a bipartite class
suit involving domestic intelligence activities-so far suc-
cessfully—and was assigned to work on a case with Ramsey
Clark (writing the successful brief in his challenge to a
district court gag order).
Given my interests and abilities, it would be an in-
credible opportunity for me to assist in any way with your
investigation. Should you have any use for a very sharp
thinker and tenacious researcher, I hope you will consider me.
And if there is any further information you would like
to have, I would be happy to send it, and delighted to bring
it to you.
me.
P.S.
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Very truly yours,
Sari Mardana
In case you have no idea who your cousin Ziporah is,
you might ask your mother if she remembers "Zipsy"
Horowitz from Vienna.
AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION
22 East 40th Street New York, New York 10016
(212) 725-1222
October 29, 1976
Richard A. Sprague, Esq.
David Berger, P.A.
Attorneys at Law
1622 Locust Street
Philadelphia, Pa. 19103
Dear Mr. Sprague:
Sari Mordana has told me of her interest in
working on the legal staff you are assembling as Chief
Counsel to the Select Committee on Assassinations. I
am writing this letter to recommend Miss Mordana for
such a position.
Miss Mordana has worked as my law clerk for
over a year, and I am highly impressed with her ability.
She is extremely bright and capable, and her superior
work has made a significant contribution to the cases
on which she has assisted. She has a great deal of in-
itiative in taking on responsibility, and has handled
the legal research and writing in several phases of com-
plex litigation with a minimum of supervision, and a high
degree of professionalism.
In addition to her practical legal ability, she
is articulate in the law, and her writing is of an ex-
tremely high caliber. As to her personal qualities, she
is an unusually alert and hard-working individual, who
delights in tackling a difficult project, and pursuing
it to a successful resolution.
Edward J. Ennis, Chairperson, Board of Directors • Ramsey Clark, Chairperson, National Advisory Council
Aryeh Neier, Executive Director • Alan Reitman, Associate Director • Melvin L. Wulf, Legal Director
Joanna Komoska, Membership Director John H.F. Shattuck, Jr., Director, Washington D.C. Office
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CHAIRPERSON
Edward J. Ennis
VICE CHAIRPERSONS.
Samuel Hendel
Rolland O'Hare
Harriet F. Pilpel
Barbara Scott Preiskel
Marvin Schachter
TREASURER
Donald Hackel
Sheldon Ackley
Mary E. Bane
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Michaele Snyder Battles
Jewel Bellush
Ralph S. Brown, Jr.
Ronald H. Brown
Bob Campbell
David Carliner
Lynn S. Castner
Ramsey Clark
John W. Cleland
Carl Cohen
Irving Cohen
Mary Coleman
Katherine Collard
Gilbert Cranberg
Patt Derian
Clinton Devaux
Louisa Dixon
Ronald Elberger
Lolis Elie
Richard Y. Feder
Irwin Feinberg
Edgar Feingold
Ellen Feingold
Monroe H. Freedman
Joan Garfinkel Glantz
Franklyn S. Haiman
Margie Pitts Hames
David G. Hanlon
Brook Hart
John Hay
Lawrence Herman
Philip Hirschkop
Steve Hobart
Jeannette Hopkins
David B: Isbell
GENERAL COUNSEL
Norman Dorsen
Osmond K. Fraenkel
Ruth Bader Ginsburg
CORPORATE SECRETARY
Frank Askin
Thomas M. Kerr, Jr.
Edward King
Ralph Knowles
Arthur Kobler
Sarah Lasker
Jim Lawing
Shepard Lee
Audrey Leonard
Emanuel Margolis
Paul R. Meyer
Jerry Muskrat
Grace Olivarez
Gilda Parella
Harriet F. Pilpel
Frances Fox Piven
Suzy Post
Franklin Poul
John Reed
William F. Reynard
Joseph Rhodes, Jr.
Suzanne Rhodes
Judith Rogers
Gatherine: Roraback
Ben Roth
Arlie Schardt
Katherine Sebo
Faith Seidenberg
George Slaff
Lawrence Speiser
John M. Swomley, Jr.
Nadine Taub
William Van Alstyne
Robert Wagstaff
Hanna Weston
Ann Widditschy
Tasia Young
Richard Zacks:
BOARD MEMBER EMERITUS
Morris Ernst
NATIONAL ADVISORY COUNCIL
CHAIRPERSON.
Ramsey Clark
VICE CHAIRPERSONS
Harry S. Ashmore
Alan Barth
John Conyers
Frances Farenthold
Lois G. Forer
Aileen C. Hernandez
M. Maury Maverick
Karl Menninger
Morris Rubin
Sadie Alexander
Charles Ares
Roger N. Baldwin
Robert Bierstedt
Algernon D. Black
Julian Bond
Irving Brant
Yvonne Braithwaite Burke
Catherine Cater
Henry Caudill
Stuart Chase!
Shirley Chisholm
John Chrystal
Henry Steele Commager
Giovanni Costigan
Vern Countryman:
Nanette Dembitz
Irving Dilliard
James P. Dixon
Melvyn Douglas
Robert F. Drinan.
Ronnie Dugger
Mrs. Henry E. 1. duPont
Thomas Emerson
Luther H. Evans
Alvin 1. Fine
Walter T. Fischer'
Jefferson Fordham
Erich Fromm
Ralph F.. Fuchs
. Lewis Galantiere
Harold Gibbons
Thomas P. Gill
Albert Gore
Fannie Lou Hamer
La Donna Harris
⚫ Philip Hart
Wilma Scott Heide
Aaron Henry
-John Hersey
Ruth Holmberg
>> Mordecai W. Johnson
Vernon Jordan, Jr..
James Kerney, Jr.
Benjamin H. Kizer.
Milton R. Konvitz**
-William M. Kunstler
Burt Lancaster
Norman Lear.
Max Lerner
John Lofton
Carey McWilliams
Wesley H. Maurer
Benjamin E. Mays.
Emil Mazey
Mrs. Alexander Meiklejohn
Ariel Melchior.
Sylvan Meyer
Maya Miller
Patsy Mink
Frank C. Newman
Louise Noun
James G. Patton
Channing Phillips
Lillian Roberts
Arthur Schlesinger, Jr.
John Seigenthaler
Edward J. Sparkling
Oscar H. Steiner
Dorothy Taylor
Raymond S. Uno
Howard Whiteside
William Wirtz
Stephen J. Wright
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Her acute and inquisitive mind has been an
asset to my staff, and I believe she would be an asset
to yours.
MLW/alf
Sincerely,
ниов
Melvin L. Wulf
Legal Director

MARTIN LIPTON
HERBERT M. WACHTELL
LEONARD M. ROSEN
GEORGE A. KATZ
BERNARD MINDICH
THEODORE GEWERTZ
BERNARD W. NUSSBAUM
BERTRAM M. KANTOR
WILLIAM C. STERLING, JR.
RICHARD D. KATCHER
JAMES H. FOGELSON
DOUGLAS S. LIEBHAFSKY
PETER D. MCKENNA
LAURENCE D. CHERKIS
STEVEN M. BARNA
CHARLES T. MEDERRICK
LAWRENCE LEDERMAN
CHAIM J. FORTGANG
MICHAEL W. SCHWARTZ
ALLAN A. MARTIN
DENIS F. CRONIN
ERICA H. STEINBERGER
HAROLD S. HANDELSMAN
H. NEIL BRODER
STANLEY M. GORINSON
ALAN D. HANDLER
PETER C. HEIN
HAROLD S. NOVIKOFF
WACHTELL, LIPTON, ROSEN & KATZ
299 PARK AVENUE
NEW YORK, N. Y. 10017
October 29, 1976
MARC H. ROSENBAUM
M. CARR FERGUSON, JR.
LAWRENCE P. KING
OF COUNSEL
TELEPHONE: 371-9200
AREA CODE 212
CABLE ADDRESS
"TELLROSE NEW YORK"
TELEX:
WU: 127829
Richard A. Sprague, Esq.
David Berger, P.A.
Attorneys at Law
1622 Locust Street
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19103
Dear Mr. Sprague:
I understand that Sari Mordana is applying for a
position on the legal staff which you are gathering as
Special Counsel to the select congressional committee which
will be investigating the assassinations of Martin Luther
King, Jr. and John F. Kennedy. This letter is being written
to recommend Miss Mordana for such a position.
I am a member of the adjunct faculty at Columbia
Law School. Each spring I teach a seminar on trial practice
and, this year, Miss Mordana was one of the 18 students in
my class.
The seminar requires substantial participation by
each student in simulated courtroom events and in the critiques
which follow. As a result, I believe I am able to make an
informed judgment respecting Miss Mordana's ability and person-
ality. I found her extremely bright and hard-working. But
just as important I found that she had an intangible quality
which unfortunately few law students possess a spark which
ignites when she is working on a project she enjoys. This
facet of her personality made her a very effective advocate.
She could marshal facts and present them in a manner which
attracted attention and was convincing.
--
Having recently been part of a congressional inquiry
myself, as an associate of John Doar, I recognize the diffi-
culties involved in the task you are undertaking and the
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WACHTELL, LIPton, Rosen & KATZ
Richard A. Sprague, Esq.
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importance of obtaining top-flight help.
would be an asset to your staff.
I wish you well.
Sincerely,
I believe Miss Mordana
W. M
BWN:jr
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SARI MORDANA
303 East 71st Street
New York, N. Y. 10021
(212) 988-6032
Education
Age: 25 years old
Status: Single
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Columbia School of Law
Degree received-May 1976
Stone Scholar, VG average; Research in Constitutional Litigation
Columbia Graduate School of Journalism (1974-1976)—
completed half the Master's Program in Print and
Broadcast Journalism
LSAT-751
Barnard College
Degree received-June 1972
Phi Beta Kappa, Magna Cum Laude, Honors in
English Literature
Research projects in the Origins of Urban Ghettoes
and the Psycho-linguistics of Propaganda
Columbia Graduate School of the Arts (1971-1972)—
Documentary Filmmaking (Graduate Film Division)
Language-French
Experience
American Civil Liberties Union, Legal Department
Law Clerk to Legal Director-responsible for legal
research and writing in all phases of constitutional
litigation, and served as Legal Assistant to Ramsey
Clark on a First Amendment contempt case
June 1975 to the present
CBS, Inc., Law Department
Discovery phase (document production, interrogatory
response) of two anti-trust suits involving alleged
monopolization of program production and film
distribution by CBS, Inc.
May 1974 to August 1974
Non-legal-Downe Communications, Inc.
Editing and design of advertising copy and layouts for
Ladies' Home Journal and other accounts
January 1973 to August 1973
Recommendations upon request.
SARI MORDANA
303 East 71st Street
New York, N. Y. 10021
(212) 988-6032
Age: 25 years old
Status: Single
NW 88326
Docld:32239494 Page 24
Columbia School of Law
Education
Degree received-May 1976
Stone Scholar, VG average; Research in Constitutional Litigation
Columbia Graduate School of Journalism (1974-1976)—
completed half the Master's Program in Print and
Broadcast Journalism
LSAT 751
Barnard College
Degree received- -June 1972
Phi Beta Kappa, Magna Cum Laude, Honors in
English Literature
Research projects in the Origins of Urban Ghettoes
and the Psycho-linguistics of Propaganda
Columbia Graduate School of the Arts (1971-1972)—
Documentary Filmmaking (Graduate Film Division)
Language-French
Experience
American Civil Liberties Union, Legal Department
Law Clerk to Legal Director-responsible for legal
research and writing in all phases of constitutional
litigation, and served as Legal Assistant to Ramsey
Clark on a First Amendment contempt case
June 1975 to the present
CBS, Inc., Law Department
Discovery phase (document production, interrogatory
response) of two anti-trust suits involving alleged
monopolization of program production and film
distribution by CBS, Inc.
May 1974 to August 1974
Non-legal-Downe Communications, Inc.
Editing and design of advertising copy and layouts for
Ladies' Home Journal and other accounts
January 1973 to August 1973
Recommendations upon request.
SARI MORDANA
303 East 71st Street
New York, N. Y. 10021
(212) 988-6032
Education
Age: 25 years old
Status: Single
NW 88326
Docld:32239494 Page 25
Columbia School of Law
Degree received-May 1976
Stone Scholar, VG average; Research in Constitutional Litigation
Columbia Graduate School of Journalism (1974-1976)-
completed half the Master's Program in Print and
Broadcast Journalism
LSAT 751
Barnard College
Degree received-June 1972
Phi Beta Kappa, Magna Cum Laude, Honors in
English Literature
Research projects in the Origins of Urban Ghettoes
and the Psycho-linguistics of Propaganda
Columbia Graduate School of the Arts (1971-1972)—
Documentary Filmmaking (Graduate Film Division)
Language French
Experience
American Civil Liberties Union, Legal Department
Law Clerk to Legal Director-responsible for legal
research and writing in all phases of constitutional
litigation, and served as Legal Assistant to Ramsey
Clark on a First Amendment contempt case
June 1975 to the present
CBS, Inc., Law Department
Discovery phase (document production, interrogatory
response) of two anti-trust suits involving alleged
monopolization of program production and film
distribution by CBS, Inc.
May 1974 to August 1974
Non-legal-Downe Communications, Inc.
Editing and design of advertising copy and layouts for
Ladies' Home Journal and other accounts
January 1973 to August 1973
Recommendations upon request.
SARI MORDANA
303 East 71st Street
New York, N. Y. 10021
(212) 988-6032
Education
Age: 25 years old
Status: Single
'NW 88326
Docld:32239494 Page 26
Columbia School of Law
Degree received-May 1976
Stone Scholar, VG average; Research in Constitutional Litigation
Columbia Graduate School of Journalism (1974-1976)-
completed half the Master's Program in Print and
Broadcast Journalism
LSAT 751
Barnard College
Degree received-June 1972
Phi Beta Kappa, Magna Cum Laude, Honors in
English Literature
Research projects in the Origins of Urban Ghettoes:
and the Psycho-linguistics of Propaganda
Columbia Graduate School of the Arts (1971-1972)—
Documentary Filmmaking (Graduate Film Division)
Language-French
Experience
American Civil Liberties Union, Legal Department
Law Clerk to Legal Director-responsible for legal
research and writing in all phases of constitutional
litigation, and served as Legal Assistant to Ramsey
Clark on a First Amendment contempt case
June 1975 to the present
CBS, Inc., Law Department
Discovery phase (document production, interrogatory
response) of two anti-trust suits involving alleged
monopolization of program production and film
distribution by CBS, Inc.
May 1974 to August 1974
Non-legal-Downe Communications, Inc.
Editing and design of advertising copy and layouts for
Ladies' Home Journal and other accounts
January 1973 to August 1973
Recommendations upon request.
SARI MORDANA
303 East 71st Street
New York, N. Y. 10021
(212) 988-6032
Age: 25 years old
Status: Single
NW 88326
Docld:32239494 Page 27
Columbia School of Law
Education
Degree received-May 1976
Stone Scholar, VG average; Research in Constitutional Litigation
Columbia Graduate School of Journalism (1974-1976)-
completed half the Master's Program in Print and
Broadcast Journalism
LSAT 751
Barnard College
Degree received-June 1972
Phi Beta Kappa, Magna Cum Laude, Honors in
English Literature
Research projects in the Origins of Urban Ghettoes
and the Psycho-linguistics of Propaganda
Columbia Graduate School of the Arts (1971-1972)—
Documentary Filmmaking (Graduate Film Division)
Language French
Experience
American Civil Liberties Union, Legal Department
Law Clerk to Legal Director-responsible for legal
research and writing in all phases of constitutional
litigation, and served as Legal Assistant to Ramsey
Clark on a First Amendment contempt case
June 1975 to the present
CBS, Inc., Law Department
Discovery phase (document production, interrogatory
response) of two anti-trust suits involving alleged
monopolization of program production and film
distribution by CBS, Inc.
May 1974 to August 1974
Non-legal-Downe Communications, Inc.
Editing and design of advertising copy and layouts for
Ladies' Home Journal and other accounts
January 1973 to August 1973
Recommendations upon request.