| Peter J. Wallison |
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| Arthur F. Burns Fellow in Financial Policy Studies |
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A codirector of AEI’s program on financial markets deregulation, Wallison studies banking, insurance, and Wall Street regulation. As general counsel of the U.S. Treasury department, he had a significant role in the development of the Reagan administration’s proposals for the deregulation of the financial services industry. He was also general counsel of the Depository Institutions Deregulation Committee and later served as White House counsel to President Ronald Reagan. His latest book is Competitive Equity: A Better Way to Organize Mutual Funds (AEI Press, 2007).

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Professional Experience -Member, Advisory Committee on Improvements to Financial Reporting, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, 2007-present -Member, Shadow Financial Regulatory Committee, 1991-present -Partner, Gibson, Dunn, & Crutcher, 1985-1986, 1987-1998 -Counsel to President Ronald Reagan, 1986-1987 -General Counsel of the U.S. Treasury Department, 1981-1985 -Partner, Roger & Wells, 1977-1981 -Special assistant to Governor Nelson A. Rockefeller and counsel during his Vice Presidency, 1972-1976
Education LL.B., Harvard Law School B.A., Harvard College
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