Richard Ben-Veniste

Richard Ben-Veniste

About the Author

Richard Ben-Veniste is a partner in the international law firm Mayer Brown LLP.  Among his many distinctions, he served as a member of the bipartisan 9/11 Commission, as Minority Chief Counsel for the Senate Whitewater Committee, as Chief of the Watergate Task Force of the Watergate Special Prosecutor’s Office, and as Chief of the Special Prosecutions Section of the United States Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York. He is the author of The Emperor's New Clothes: Exposing the Truth from Watergate to 9/11. He lives in Washington, D.C., with his wife and daughter.