As a young girl, Mary Jo White was a big fan of the Hardy Boys.
The second development is nomination of former federal prosecutor Mary Jo White as SEC chairman.
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Did she know when she was appointed in December that she was a placeholder for Mary Jo White?
Earlier this year, the White House nominated Mary Jo White, a former federal prosecutor, to run the S.E.
Mary Jo White has decades of experience cracking down on white-collar criminals and bringing mobsters and terrorists to justice.
President Barack Obama nominated Mary Jo White to take over as the new chairwoman of the Securities and Exchange Commission yesterday.
The US Senate has confirmed Mary Jo White as the new head of the Securities and Exchange Commission, the body that regulates Wall Street.
The appointment of Mary Jo White to head up the Securities and Exchange Commission is an attempt to make a clear and definitive statement.
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President Obama today is expected to nominate Mary Jo White, an experienced former federal prosecutor, to serve as the next chief of the SEC.
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Imagine, for a moment, today's tiresome conflicts settled on the field of honor:Martha Stewart and U.S. Attorney Mary Jo White facing off with rapiers at dawn.
Mary Jo White will have her Congressional hearing and if passed will be able to take office by early May 2013 (end of April at the earliest).
Mary Jo White, the Obama administration's nominee to be chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission, has cited implementation of the law as a top priority if confirmed.
We can only hope that the agency will remain focused on investor protection when and if former prosecutor Mary Jo White is confirmed as the new SEC chief.
Note, Mary Jo White has already started recusing herself from many SEC cases due to previous work which does give her more time on her plate to attend this topic.
Mary Jo White, nominated last month by President Barack Obama to lead the agency, wouldn't be able to vote on any case involving the New York bank for two years after taking the job.
The resignation of Mary Shapiro is widely viewed as the cause of the delay, with the appointment of her successor, Mary Jo White seen as both the end and the reason for the delay continue.
It is difficult to think of anyone better suited for those tasks than Mary Jo White, or anyone better able to then stand up to the critics who inevitably seem to assail the SEC on both sides.
Ms. MARY JO WHITE (Former US Attorney): Because I considered him to be one of the very best lawyers in the office, and also someone who could keep his head in cases that had enormously complex and sensitive issues.
Mary Jo White, former U.S. attorney in Manhattan, has an extensive record of prosecuting white-collar crime, won convictions in the 1993 World Trade Center bombing and the 1998 terrorist attacks on two U.S. embassies in Africa, and put crime boss John Gotti away.
As a former prosecutor and defense lawyer who actually understands both how to investigate cases and how they play out in the courtroom, Mary Jo White will bring a level of judgment and expertise in evaluating enforcement proceedings that few can claim to match.
On a more positive note, assuming Elysse Walters pushes through with a proposal before Mary Jo White is put into office or Mary Jo White does not get the position which is also possible, then a ruling by SEC could be possible by end of Q3, 2013.
"You don't want to mess with Mary Jo, " the president said at the White House with White at his side.
Then there is the bridge at Chappaquiddick, where Mary-Jo Kopechne drowned when Ted Kennedy's car (along with his White House hopes) sank in 1969.
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