RICHARD E. FARLEY is an attorney in New York City. He is the author of the critically-acclaimed books Wall Street Wars: The Epic Battles with Washington that Created the Modern Financial System and Gonzo Wall Street – How the Go-Go Bankers of the 1960s Crashed the Financial System and Bamboozled Washington. His writing has appeared in the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, Financial Times, and other publications. He is the recipient of Bloomberg BNA's Burton Award for Legal Achievement for exceptional legal writing