Herbert Beigel

Herbert Beigel is a graduate of Brandeis University and the University of Pennsylvania Law School. He also holds an MFA in Fiction writing from the University of Arizona, where he has taught film producing and screenwriting. He was a Special Attorney for the Organized Crime Section of the United States Department of Justice, where he prosecuted public corruption and Organized Crime cases. He has been a trial lawyer in private practice for forty-two years.

Mr. Beigel has also produced several films, including Heavy (1996) and First Love Last Rites (1998). He wrote and directed the film Camp Stories (1997). He is also the author of Beneath the Badge (Harper and Row, 1976) and numerous short stories. With his wife and partner, Kim Marie Webb, their film production company, Lightsway Productions, LLC, is currently filming a documentary, Scorched Earth, to be released in 2013, and in development on Where Buffalo Roam, a film about the dilemmas facing Native Americans.

Soon to be published are Mr. Beigel's novel, Honorable Gentlemen, and Empire of the Self, a collection of short stories.

He lives in Tucson, Arizona with his wife and three dogs. He has four children and five grandchildren.