Ben Lawsky, the former Southern District prosecutor who had risen to become the head New York State financial regulator and had miffed his fellow regulators and the banks with his aggression, did not take a job at a top law firm. One chairman of a major New York firm said the New York bar had blackballed him. Lawsky held out his own shingle as a consultant and attorney.
The Chickenshit Club by Jesse Eisinger (pg. 328)
