Gerald Posner started
his legal career in 1978 at the Wall Street law firm of Cravath, Swaine & Moore.
He first book, a biography of the "Angel of Death," Nazi Dr. Josef
Mengele, was the result of a pro-bono lawsuit Posner brought on behalf of
surviving twins from the Auschwitz concentration camp. Since then he has
written ten other books from the Pulitzer Prize-finalist
Case
Closed, to
national bestsellers on political assassinations, organized crime, politicians, and terrorism and 9/11.
Based largely in the mixed realms of politics, history, and true crime, his investigative articles - from the New York Times to The New Yorker to Newsweek, Time
and The Daily Beast -
have included scoops that prompted Argentina to open its hidden Nazi files to
researchers and historians; disturbing questions about clues missed in the FBI's
investigation of a possible accomplice in the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing; a
probe that helped prompt an official reopening of the investigation into the
guilt or innocence of the Boston Strangler; and the expose of baseball star Pete Rose's gambling addiction,
which led to his ban from the sport.
His wife, author Trisha Posner, works
with him on all his journalism.
On the legal side, Posner was a founding partner of the
Fifth Avenue law firm of Posner & Ferrara. Today, he is one of a handful of lawyers developing legal representation of high profile personalities
and prominent businessmen and politicians who are at odds with suspect press coverage. His cases involve both the
mixture of law and media and at times he operates as much as a crisis counselor
as a veteran courtoom litigator. Representing a handful of prominent
international clients, in mostly a mixture of politics and finances, Posner has carved out
a highly specialized niche in contesting international sanctions, challenging forfeiture,
naviagting banking
regulations, and assisting as a coordinating attorney in complex criminal litigation before U.S. Courts and international
tribunals including the United Nations and the International Court of Justice in the Hague.
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