Gerald Posner bio

1. Name: Gerald Posner
2. Title: Investigative Journalist, and Author
3. Biography: Gerald Posner currently works in the law firm he founded in 1980, Posner and Ferrara, as well as a full-time investigative journalist and author.

Previously, Gerald Posner was a freelance writer on investigative issues for several news magazines, and a regular contributor to NBC, the History Channel, CNN, Fox News Channel, CBS, and MSNBC. He is currently a Member of the National Advisory Board of the National Writers Union, the Authors Guild, PEN, The Committee to Protect Journalists, and Phi Beta Kappa.
4. Involvement/ Affiliations:
  • Former Chief Investigative Reporter, Daily Beast
  • Attorney, Cravath, Swaine & Moore, 1978-1980
  • Former Associate Executive Editor, Law Review
5. Education:
  • J.D., with honors, Hastings Law School, 1978
  • Graduated, summa cum laude, from University of California at Berkeley, 1975
6. Published Works:
  • Miami Babylon: Crime, Wealth, and Power–A Dispatch from the Beach, 2009
  • Secrets of the Kingdom: The Inside Story of the Saudi-U.S. Connection, 2005
  • Why America Slept: The Failure to Prevent 9/11, 2003
  • Case Closed, 1993
  • Hitler’s Children: Sons and Daughters of Third Reich Leaders, 1991
  • Bio-Assassins, 1988
  • Warlords of Crime: Chinese Secret Societies–The New Mafia, 1988
  • Mengele: The Complete Story, 1986
7. Contact info: Gerald Posner
Email: [email protected]
Website: http://www.posner.com