Between 1983 and 2018, he chaired the Financial Institution’s practices at two international law firms, Fried Frank LLP and Dechert LLP where practicing out of Washington D.C. and New York he advised a wide array of financial, Wall Street, and tech companies. He has represented parties in 30 of the country’s largest financial institution collapses in the last 50 years.
Mr. Vartanian has authored more than five hundred articles and nine books, including his latest two: The Unhackable Internet: How Rebuilding Cyberspace Can Create Real Security and Prevent Financial Collapse (Prometheus Books) and 200 Years of American Financial Panics: Crashes, Recessions, Depressions, and the Technology That Will Change It All (Prometheus Books.
He became a Professor of Law at George Mason University’s Scalia Law School in 2018 where he founded a financial services regulation institute. He has also taught or lectured at Georgetown Law School, George Washington Law School, Boston University Law School, and Harvard Law School.
He is a frequent lecturer and media commentator, having appeared on Bloomberg TV, Fox News, CNN, Newsmax, Fox Business Tonight, BBC Radio and written opinion pieces for the Wall Street Journal, Financial Times, The Hill, and the American Banker.
Mr. Vartanian has played senior baseball for 30 years, using it to raise money for Special Olympics. His band, The Johnny Esquire Band, has helped raise money for two dozen charities around the country. As a musician, he played for the U.S. premiere of Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat in 1969.