Gordon Spivack

Gordon B. Spivack (c. 1928 – August 6, 2000) was a prominent American antitrust lawyer and former senior Justice Department official. As a lawyer for Coudert Brothers and earlier for the firm of Lord Day & Lord, both now defunct, Spivack's roster of clients included some of the nation's biggest companies, including Cargill, Chevron Corporation, Coca-Cola, Texas Utilities and Union Carbide. Born in New Haven, Spivack graduated from Yale University in 1950. After graduation he joined the United States Army, becoming a sergeant first class in the Army's medical corps. Spivack returned to New Haven in 1952 to enroll in Yale Law School, from which he graduated first in the class of 1955. He then joined the Justice Department's antitrust...