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AGENCY

RECORD

NUMBER

RECORD

SERIES

AGENCY FILE NUMBER :

Assassination Records Review Board

Final Determination Notification

......-.=-

: 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

Released under the John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Colection Act of 1992744 050

210F Motel. Canet No: 88926 Date: 2025

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Date: 08/20/93

Page: 1

JFK ASSASSINATION SYSTEM

IDENTIFICATION FORM

AGENCY INFORMATION

AGENCY : HSCA

RECORD NUMBER: 180-10060-10486

RECORDS SERIES :

STAFF PAYROLL RECORDS

AGENCY FILE NUMBER :

DOCUMENT INFORMATION

ORIGINATOR : HSCA

FROM :

TO :

TITLE :

DATE: 11/23/76

PAGES : 23

SUBJECTS:

HSCA, ADMINISTRATION

MORDANA, SARI

DOCUMENT TYPE : PRINTED FORM

CLASSIFICATION : U

RESTRICTIONS: 3

CURRENT STATUS

DATE OF LAST REVIEW : 06/04/93

OPENING CRITERIA :

COMMENTS :

BOX 2.

[R] - ITEM IS RESTRICTED

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MORDANA

Naino of Employee

Address

Address

FRonc Number

Pesition Title

Livel

Step

DATE OF APPOINTMENT

11-23-76

PRIOR FEDERAL SERVICE

Months

10/11 16 13

DAY OF MONTH

147157167177181101 20

OFFICE OF THE CLERK

U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

PERSONAL LEAVE RECORD

1977

YEAR

ANNUAL LEAVE

CATEGORY

1.0

1.5

2.0

ACCRUED

THIS

MONTH!

BALANCE BROUGHT

FORWARD

'PRECEDING

YEAR

Annual

Sick

Leave

Leave

Posilion Nuinber

Month

Jan.

Feb.

Mar.

Apr.

May

June

July

Aug.

Sept.

Oct.

Nov.

Dec.

ог

o

= 0.5 day annual leave

= 1.0 day annual leave

= 0.5 day sick leave

= 1.0 day sick leave

= 0.5 day administrative leave

= 1.0 day administrative leave

= 0.5 day unauthorized absence

= 1.0 day unauthorized absence

= 0.5 day. leave without pay

= 1.0 day leave without pay

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AVAILABLE

THIS MONTH

USED

THIS MONTH

BALANCE

AT

CLOSE

OF MONTH.

Sick

Leave

Leave

Annual

Leave

Sick

Leave

Annual

Leave

/

AAAAA

AAA

/

8

81

846

9/15/7

CERTIFIED CORRECT:

Employee's Signature

Date

(If employee refuses to sign, state reason below.)

Chief's Signature

Approved:

2

3

84

Sick

Leave

EMPLOVEE

2

3

5

6

9

Date

Clerk of the House

Date

This te reques to rened o. too

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 employce's official persorinel folder.

EXHIBIT T

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MEMORANDUM

TO :

Tom Howarth, Budget Officer

FROM: G. Robert Blakey, Chief Counsel and Director is

8-25-77

DATE: August 25, 1977

RE: Resignations of Fallis, Brown and Mordana

Steve Fallis has resigned effective Monday,

September 12, 1977.

(Last day of work soft any

Claire Brown has resigned effective Tuesday,

september 20, 1977. (Last day of talke

19/20

Sari Mordana has resigned effective Monday,

septenber 12i 1977 (heat day nite

tee-3115-

The above dated are the last dates through which,

including vacation, they should be paid.

4/12

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MEMORANDUM

TO:

Tom Howarth, Budget Officer

FROM: 6. Robert Blakey, Chief Counsel and Director*s

8-25-77

DATE: August 25, 1977

RE: Resignations of Fallis, Brown and Mordana

Steve Fallis has resigned effective Monday,

September 12, 1977•

Chast day of work sup; i hise

Claire Brown has resigned effective Tuesday,

september 20, 1977 (Last day if eate

19/20

Sari Mordana has resigned effective Monday,

september 12, 1977 (Last day I tasti

a/is-

The above dated are the last dates through which,

including vacation, they should be paid.

9/2

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PAYROLL AUTHORIZATION FORM

(Please Use Typewriter

or Ballpoint Pen)

/U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Washington, D.C: 20515

(Any erasures, corrections, or changes

on this form must be initialed by the

authorizing official.)

To the Clerk of the House of Representatives:

I hereby authorize the following payroll action:

Employee Name (First-Middle Last)

• Effective Date

Sary Mordana

102 30 2631

9/15/77

Employee Social Security Number fr

Type of Action

Employing Office or Committee

Assassinations

• Appointment

• Salary Adjustment

É 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

(It. Committee Employee, complete appropriate item below.)

1. _ Standing Committee: Staff - Clerical or E Professional.

2. 1 Special or Select Committee: Authority.- H. Res.

of 25 th

Congress:

3.

Joint Committee.

(If Employee of an Officer of the House, complete item below.)

Position Number_

If applicable; Level-

Step-

certify: that this. authorization is not in violation of 5 U:S:C. 3110(b), prohibiting the employment of.

relatives.

Date_

September 15

192

(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.

APPROVED:

Chairman, Committee on House Administration

Office of Finance use only:

Office Code.

Monthly Annuity $=

.00

Copy for Initiating Office or Committee

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PAYROLL AUTHORIZATION FORM

(Please Use Typewriter

or Ballpoint Pen)

U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Washington, D.C. 20515.

(Any.erasures, corrections, or changes.

on this form

must be initialed by the

authorizing official.)

To the Clerk of the House of Representatives:

I hereby authorize the following payroll action:

Employee Name (First-Middle-Last)

Effective Date

Sari Mordana

102-30-2631

8/1/77

Employee Social Security Number

Type. of Action

Employing Office or Committee

Assassinations

• Appointment

E 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:

1 Standing Committee: Staff - Clerical. or B Professional.

2. 1 Special or Select Committee: Authority-H. Res.:

465

i of

95 th

-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

CHAIRMAN ype or print name of Authorizing Official)

(Title - If Member, District and State)

All appointments. and salary-adjustments for.employees: under. the House ClassificationAct. and for.Committee:em-p

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:

•*.,

APPROVED:

Chairman, Committee on House Administration.

Office of Finance use only:

Office Code.

Monthly Annuity S_

.00

Copy for Initiating Office or Committee

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PAYROLL AUTHORIZATION FORM

(Please Use Typewriter.

or Ballpoint Pen)

U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Washington, D.C. 20515

¿(Any erasures, corrections, or changes

on this form must be. initialed by the

authorizing official.)

To the Clerk of the House of Representatives:

I hereby authorize the following payroll action:

Sary Mordana

102 30 2637

Employee Name (First-Middle-Last)

Employee Social Security Number.

Effective Date

5/1/77

Type of Action

Employing Office or Committee

[ Appointment

Salary. Adjustment

• Termination (At close of business on effective date).

Assessinations

(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. D. Standing Committee: Staff- Clerical or E Professional.

Special or Select Committee: Authority-H. Res..

465

of 95ch

Congress.

3.

Joint Committee.

(If Employee of an Officer of the House, complete item below.)

: Position Number_

If applicable, Level _

Step_.

certify: that this authorization. is not in violation of 5 U.S.C. 3110(b), prohibiting the employment of

relatives.

Date_

May-

10

-.,.1977

(Signature of Authorizing Official)

Louis Stokes

(Type or print name of Authorizing Official)

Chainsan

f 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:

APPROVED:

Chairman, Committee on House Administration

Office of Finance use only:

Office Code.

Monthly Annuity $

00

Copy for Initioting Office or Committee..

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PAYROLL AUTHORIZATION FORM

(Please Use Typewriter

or Ballpoint Pen)

U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Washington, D.C. 20515

(Any erasures, corrections, or changes:

on this form must be initialed by the

authorizing official.)

To the Clerk of the House of Representatives:

I hereby authorize the following payroll action:

Employee Name (First-Middle-Last)

Effective Date

Sari Mordana

4/1/77

Employee Social Security Number

Type of Action

102 30 2631

Employing Office or Committee

[I Appointment

x 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. 0 Standing Committee: Staff - Clerical or [ Professional.

2: L Special or Select Committee: Authority-H. Res..

465

95 t Congress.

3. I 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_-

Aeril 29

., 19_77

12322

(Signäture of Authorizing Official)

Louis Stokes

(Type or print name of Authorizing Official)

Chairman

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.

APPROVED:

Chairman, Committee on House Administration

Office of Finance use only:

Office Code.

Monthly Annuity $

00

Copy for Initiating Office or Committee

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GPO: 1975 0 - 57-255

PAYROLL AUTHORIZATION FORM

Please Use Typewriter

or Ballpoint Pen)

U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Washington, D.C. 20515

(Any erasures, corrections, or changes

on this form must be initialed by the

authorizing official:)

To the Clerk of the House of Representatives:

I hereby authorize the follöwing payroll action:

Employee Name (First-Middle-Last)

Effective Date

Sari Mordana

1/3/77

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)

Select Committee on Assassinations

(If type of action is an Appointment or Salary Adjustment, complete the following information.)

•Position Title

Gross Annual Salary

$10,000.

(If Committee Employee, complete appropriate item below.)

1. Standing Committee: Staff - Clerical or Professional.

] Special or Select Committee: Authority-H. Res. 71

_of.

95- _Congress:

3. Ll 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

19_77

(Signature.of..

Authorizing Official)

Henry-B. Gonzalez

(Type of print name of Authorizing Official)

Chaim

(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,

APPROVED

Chairman, Committee on House Administration

Office of Finance use only:

Office Code

Monthly Annuity $

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Copy for Initiating Office or Committee

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ROLL AUTHORIZATION FORM

(Please Use Typewriter

or Ballpoint Pen)

U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Washington, D.C. 20515

(Any erasures, corrections, or changes.

on this form must be initialed by the

authorizing official.)

To the Clerk of the House of Representatives:

I hereby authorize the following payroll action:

Employee Name (First-Middle-Last)

Effective Date

Sari Mordana

Hoverber 20g

Employee Social Security Number

1976

Type of Action

—a 15 5464

Selec: Committec

10 2 30 2431

Employing Office or Committee

Assassinations

X 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

515,000

Law Assistanc

(If Committee Employee, complete appropriate item below.)

1. L Standing Committee: Staff - Clerical, or • Professional.

2. 0 Special or Select Committee: Authority-H. Res. 1542

_Congress.

3. 1 Joint Committee.

(If Employee of an Officer of the House, complete item bèlow.)

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 _

Hoverber

22

1976

should loy

Pinfol pelthomas

(Signature of Authorizing Official)

re 55#.

sl- den

Downing.

Chairman

new form-

(Type or print name of Authorizing Official)

Select Colnittee on Assassinations

102.30 2631

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.

APPROVED:

Chairman, Committee on House Administration

Office of Finance use only:

Office Code.

Monthly Annuity S_

.00

Copy for Initiating Office or Committee

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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

daughter

brother

sister

uncle

aunt

first cousin

nephew

niece

husband

wife

father-in-law

mother-in-law

son-in-law

daughter-in-law

brother-in-law

sister-in-law

stepfather

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 Telated

Iam elated by the following relationship

Vari

Mesdar

Signature of Employee

1/24/77

Date

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SARI MORDANA

303 East 71st Street

New York, N. Y. 10021

(212) 988-6032

Lager

Age: 25 years old

Status: Single

Education

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.

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SARI MORDANA

303 East 71st Street

New York, N. Y. 10021

(212) 988-6032

1, 50

Age: 25 years old

Status: Single

Education

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 Propagand

olumbia 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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October 26. 1976

Miss Sari Mordana

303 Bast 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.

Sincerely yours.

RICHARD A. SPRAGUE

RAS: fs

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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 rie.

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.

Very truly yours,

Xari Mordana

P.S.

In case you have no idea who your cousin Ziporah is,

you might ask your mother if she remembers "Zipsy"

Horowitz from Vienna.

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AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION

22 East 40th Street

New York, New York 10016

(212) 725-1222

October 29, 1976

Richard A. Sprague, Esg.

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

Michaele Snyder Battles

Jewel Bellush

Ralph S.

Brown, Jr.

Ronald H. Brown

Bob Campbell

David Carliner

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:

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

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

Catherine: 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. Widditsch,

Tasia Young

Richard Zacks:

"BOARD' MEMBÈR EMERITUS

Morris Ernst :

к0.595

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NATIONAL ADVISORY COUNCIL

CHAIRPERSON

Ramsey Clark

VICE CHAIRPERSONS

Harry S. Ashmore

Alan Barth

John Conyers

Frances Farenthold

Lois G. Forer

Aileen C. Hernandez

V. Maury Maverick

Karl Menninger

Morris Rubin

Sadie Alexander

Charles Ares

Roger N. Baldwin

Robert Bierstedt

Algernon D. Black

Julian Bond

Irving Bran

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Ralph F. Fuchs

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Harold Gibbons

Thomas P. Gill

Albert Gore

Fannie Lou Hamer

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Wilma Scott Heide

• Aaron Henry

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Ruth Holmberg

Mordècai W. Johnson

Vernon Jordan, Jr.:

James Kerney, Jr.

-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.

Sincerely,

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Melvin L. Wulf

Legal Director

MLW/alf

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MARTIN LIPTON

HERBERT M. WACHTELL

LEONARD M. ROSEN

GEORGE A. NAIL

BERNARD MINDICH

THEODORE GEWERTZ

BERNARD W. NUSSBAUM

BERTRAM M. KANTOR

WILLIAM C. STERLING, JR.

RICHARD D. KATCHER

JAMES H. FOGELSON

DOUGLAS S. LIEBMArSKY

PETER D. MCKENNA

LAURENCE D. CHERKIS

STEVEN M. BARNA

CHARLES T. MEDERRICK

LAWRENE LLDERMAN

CHAIM J. FORTGANG

MICHAZL W SCHWARTZ

ALLAN A. MARTIN

BEN CrONIN

ERICA H. STEINBERGER

HAROLD S. HANDELSMAN

H. NEIL BRODER

STANLEY M. GORINSON

ALAN D. HANDLEY

PETER C. HEIN

HAROLD S. NOVIKOFF

MARC H. ROSENBAUM

WACHTELL, LIPTON, ROSEN & KATZ

299

PARK

AVENUE

NEW YORK, N. Y. 10017

M. CARR FERGUSON, JR.

LAWRENCE P. KING

OF COUNSEL

TELEPHONE: 371-9200

AREA CODE 212

CABLE ADDRESS

"TELLROSE NEW YORK"

TELEX:

WU: 127829

October 29, 1976

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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Richard A. Sprague, Esg.

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October 29, 1976

importance of obtaining top-flight help. I believe Miss Mordana

would be an asset to your staff.

I wish you well.

Sincerely,

BWN: jr

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SARI MORDANA

303 East 71st Street

New York, N. Y. 10021

(212) 988-6032

Age: 25 years old

Status: Single

Education

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.

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SARI MORDANA

303 East 71st Street

New York, N. Y. 10021

(212) 988-6032

Age: 25 years old

Status: Single

Education

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.

NW 88326

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SARI MORDANA

303 East 71st Street

New York, N. Y. 10021

(212) 988-6032

Age: 25 years old

Status: Single

Education

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.

NW 88326

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SARI MORDANA

303 East 71st Street

New York, N. Y. 10021

(212) 988-6032

Age: 25 years old

Status: Single

Education

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.

NW 88326

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SARI MORDANA

303 East 71st Street

New York, N. Y. 10021

(212) 988-6032

Age: 25 years old

Status: Single

Education

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.

NW 88326

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