Circle of Greed The Spectacular Rise and Fall of the Lawyer Who Brought Corporate America to Its Knees

Circle of Greedis the epic story of the rise and fall of Bill Lerach, once the leading class action lawyer in America and now a convicted felon. For more than two decades, Lerach threatened, shook down and sued top Fortune 500 companies, including Disney, Apple, Time Warner, and-most famously-Enron. Now, the man who brought corporate moguls to their knees has fallen prey to the same corrupt impulses of his enemies, and is paying the price by serving time in federal prison. If there was ever a modern Greek tragedy about a man and his times, about corporate arrogance and illusions and the scorched-earth tactics to not only counteract corporate America but to beat it at its own game, Bill Lerach's story is it.

Patrick Dillon is executive producer of Stamen Design, a San Francisco-based data visualization studio. He was formerly the executive editor of California magazine and the editor in chief of Forbes ASAP. He lives in San Francisco, California. Carl M. Cannon is the executive editor of politicsDaily.com and the coauthor of Regan's Disciple: George W. Bush's Troubled Quest for a Presidential Legacy. He lives in Arlington, Virginia.