Marisa Baridis, twenty-nine, was the legal compliance officer at Morgan Stanley,Dean Witter, Discover and Company. Ms. Baridis was in charge of what is commonly referred to as the “
Chinese wall” in formation did not cross from the side of the house putting together deals to the side of the house that buys stock. Her responsibilities included making certain that confidential information about Morgan Stanley clients did not leak to the brokerage side of the business so that Morgan Stanley brokers would not use inside information for trading.