BROOKE MASTERS LLC
WELLINGTON, FLORIDA

After clerking for a federal judge and working at a prestigious Manhattan law firm, he became a state prosecutor and tackled mob influence in the garment industry. In 1998, he defeated incumbent state attorney general Dennis Vacco in one of the closest elections in New York history. He won reelection in 2002. As state attorney general, he has investigated some of the country’s largest corporate giants, including Merrill Lynch and 11 other investment banks, dozens of mutual fund companies, insurance behemoth American International Group (AIG) and all three of the country’s largest insurance brokers. . She covers the UK Financial Services Authority, the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision and helps coordinate the FT's global coverage of financial services regulation and corporate malfeasance. Her previous assignments at the FT include the UK financial services industry, writing for the Lex column and, in New York, the intersection of US law and business. From 1989 to 2006, she worked for the Washington Post in a variety of capacities in New York and the Washington area. She has extensive experience writing about the US Securities and Exchange Commission and white-collar crime, including the cases against Bernard Madoff, Martha Stewart, Frank Quattrone and Bernard Ebbers. In prior assignments at the Post, she covered criminal justice, education, and politics. by Brooke Masters . She covers the UK Financial Services Authority, the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision and helps coordinate the FT's global coverage of financial services regulation and corporate malfeasance. Her previous assignments at the FT include the UK financial services industry, writing for the Lex column and, in New York, the intersection of US law and business. From 1989 to 2006, she worked for the Washington Post in a variety of capacities in New York and the Washington area. She has extensive experience writing about the US Securities and Exchange Commission and white-collar crime, including the cases against Bernard Madoff, Martha Stewart, Frank Quattrone and Bernard Ebbers. In prior assignments at the Post, she covered criminal justice, education, and politics. by Brooke Masters by Brooke Masters