John A. Wells

Jack Wells was a corporate lawyer at the law firm Royall, Koegel & Wells, a firm that later became Rogers & Wells

In 1972, SEC Chairman William J. Casey appointed him to a committee to review and evaluate the Commission’s enforcement policies and practices. Chairman Casey appointed him[1] because he was not a securities lawyer and asked him to be the Chairman of the Committee, and thus began what we now know as the "Wells Committee."[2]

In 1977 Wells represented Air France in its lawsuit against the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey in trying to get the rights for Concorde flights into New York's Kennedy Airport.[3]

References

  1. ^ "Remarks at the Eighth Annual A. A. Sommer, Jr. Corporate, Securities and Financial Law Lecture by SEC Commissioner Paul S. Atkins (October 9, 2007)". http://www.sec.gov/news/speech/2007/spch100907psa.htm. 
  2. ^ "June 1, 1972 Report of the SEC Advisory Committee on Enforcement Policies and Practices (Wells Committee Report)". http://c0403731.cdn.cloudfiles.rackspacecloud.com/collection/papers/1970/1972_0601_SECWells_Part1.pdf. 
  3. ^ "British Airways Board v. Port Authority of N.Y. and N.J. et al. (558 F.2d 75)". http://bulk.resource.org/courts.gov/c/F2/564/564.F2d.1002.77-7438.287.html.