FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE                             2000-37

     Thomas A. Zaccaro Named New Regional Trial Counsel
              of SEC's Pacific Regional Office
                              
     Washington, DC, March 21, 2000 - The Commission
announced that Thomas A. Zaccaro has assumed his duties as
Regional Trial Counsel of the Securities and Exchange
Commission's Pacific Regional Office.  In the position of
Regional Trial Counsel, Zaccaro will be in charge of the
office's litigation of securities violations in the nine-
state Pacific Region.

     Mr. Zaccaro, 40, was formerly Co-Chairman of the
Securities Litigation Practice Group of the Los Angeles law
firm Manatt, Phelps & Phillips.  Mr. Zaccaro served for
approximately 6 years as an Assistant U.S. Attorney in the
Southern District of New York, including over three years as
Deputy Chief Appellate Attorney.  Additionally, Mr. Zaccaro
was trial attorney in the Department of Justice's Organized
Crime and Racketeering Section.

     Regional Director Valerie Caproni said, "We are very
pleased that Tom has chosen to return to the public sector
by joining the staff of the SEC.  The trial skills he has
honed over the years make him an excellent choice to lead
the trial unit in the challenging litigation we face.  I
look forward to working with him during these very exciting
times at the SEC."

     Mr. Zaccaro obtained his law degree from Boston College
Law School in 1984.  He was Phi Beta Kappa at Georgetown
University where he received a bachelor's degree in 1981.

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