J K BarclayJ.K. Barclay was born in Portland, Maine, U.S.A. He was adopted at birth, joining his new parents who were living in Sao Paulo, Brazil. Eventually his family also lived in Peru, Ecuador, Colombia, and Venezuela. J.K. returned to the United States to ttend Wheaton College in Wheaton, Illinois, and then the University of Illinois' John Marshall Law School in Chicago. After graduation from law school, he worked as an international-law attorney at the prestigious law firm of Baker McKenzie in Chicago. There, he represented Fortune-400 corporate entities doing business in Central and South America, as well as Spain, utilizing his native Portuguese and Spanish language skills. Next, J.K. dove into investment banking at A.G. Edwards & Sons, Inc. and rose to the position of Member of the Board of Directors and head of the national public investment banking division. In this position, he completed approximately $US20 billion of municipal-bond transactions. Finally, he returned to the legal profession as a United States securities and municipal-bond attorney and continues to practice law today.J.K. is deeply proud of his parents' work in South America and around the world, from 1943 to their retirement in 1976. The story of Betrayals and Lies: My Parents Were Spies is based on just a small part of what ended up being Jim and Alexis Barkley's overall significant contribution to the security, education, and betterment of the world and its inhabitants. Read More Read Less