The autopsy of the financial crisis is set to commence this week, with several top federal officials slated to join banking executives, analysts, and others to testify before the independent investigatory panel led by former California State Treasurer Phil Angelides.

U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder, Assistant Attorney General Lanny Breuer, Securities and Exchange Commission Chairman Mary Schapiro, and Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. Chairman Sheila Bair are among those slated to appear this week before the Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission, which was established last year by Congress to examine the causes of the financial crisis.

The 10-member Commission, which has been described as a modern-day Pecora Commission, will hold its first public hearing Jan. 13 and 14 in Washington D.C.

The regulators join Goldman Sachs Group Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Lloyd Blankfein, JPMorgan Chase Chairman and CEO James Dimon, Morgan Stanley Chairman John Mack, and Bank of America President and CEO Brian Moynihan, all of whom are slated to appear on the first panel.

Commission officials have said they plan to hold hearings on more than 20 areas of inquiry related to the financial crisis, including the causes of the collapse of financial institutions that failed or would've failed without exceptional government assistance.

Others on the witness list released late Jan. 10 include: Michael Mayo, managing director and financial services analyst at Calyon Securities; J. Kyle Bass, managing partner of Hayman Advisors; Peter J. Solomon, founder and chairman of the Peter J. Solomon Co.; Mark Zandi, chief economist and co-founder of Moody's Economy.com; Kenneth Rosen, chair of the Fisher Center for Real Estate and Urban Economics at the University of California, Berkeley; Julia Gordon, senior policy counsel for the Center for Responsible Lending; and C.R. "Rusty" Cloutier, past chairman of the Independent Community Bankers Association and president and CEO of MidSouth Bank.

The agenda also includes several state and local officials, including Illinois State Attorney General Lisa Madigan; Colorado State Attorney General John W. Suthers; Texas Securities Board Commissioner and North American Securities Administrators Association President Denise Voigt Crawford; and Glenn Theobald, Miami-Dade County Police Department chief counsel and chairman of the Mayor Carlos Alvarez Mortgage Fraud Task Force.

The commission's investigation comes as Congress works to finalize legislation to revamp U.S. financial services regulation in response to the crisis. The House passed its regulatory reform bill in December. The Senate is expected to finalize its version of the legislation in coming months.

The panel's findings are due in a formal report to Congress and the President by Dec. 15.

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