Paul Gonson, a Securities and Exchange Commission Historical Society founder, had a 37-year SEC career, 20 of which were as Solicitor overseeing the SEC’s appellate litigation. Mr. Gonson played a key role in a number of insider trading cases, including Dirks v. SEC, which he argued before the Supreme Court. In this oral history, Mr. Gonson reflects on several significant insider trading cases.

This first oral history includes the 2006 transcript and audio file. The brief video you see on this page is a short summary about his SEC career he recorded late in 2018.

Mr. Gonson recorded a second oral history on February 23, 2011 focused on the U.S. Supreme Court, and a third oral history on July 16, 2018 about the founding of the SEC Historical Society.