Marc L. Mukasey
Partner
Laura Barr
212.508.6100
Marc L. Mukasey is the leader of the firm's White Collar Criminal Defense and Special Investigations practice. He represents corporations and individuals facing allegations of securities fraud, antitrust violations, environmental crimes, money laundering, bribery, mail/wire fraud, tax offenses, embezzlement, and other business crimes. Mr. Mukasey also conducts internal investigation work on behalf of corporate clients. His internal investigation work has been noted in The Wall Street Journal and Business Week Online.
Mr. Mukasey's clients frequently retain him for his trial skills. He has tried numerous criminal cases involving allegations of securities fraud, investment advisory fraud, mail and wire fraud, insider trading, money laundering, RICO and murder. He has also practiced extensively before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. Recently, Mr. Mukasey has been successful in persuading Department of Justice prosecutors to close an antitrust investigation against a major corporation without the filing of charges, and to drop securities fraud and mail fraud investigations of his business clients.
Prior to joining Bracewell, Mr. Mukasey served for eight years in the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York, where he held supervisory positions as a Unit Chief and Deputy Chief Appellate Attorney. In 2003 and 2005, he received the Justice Department's award for Superior Performance by an Assistant U.S. Attorney. From 1993 through 1996, Mr. Mukasey served as a staff attorney at the Securities and Exchange Commission, where he prosecuted a full range of securities law violations. He also served as a law clerk to the Honorable I. Leo Glasser of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York.
Mr. Mukasey is a frequent commentator on criminal justice issues on television and in major newspapers, and is a lecturer on criminal procedure and trial advocacy.
Publications and Speeches
"Direct and Cross-Examination," U.S. Attorney's Office Lecture Series, 2003, 2004, 2005.
U.S. Attorney's Office Trial Advocacy Program, 2002-2005.
Intensive Trial Advocacy Program, Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law, 2001, 2004, 2005.
Federal Sentencing Guidelines Seminar, New York State Bar Association, Fall 2005.
"The ABC's of Federal Criminal Litigation," Association of the Bar of the City of New York, Continuing Legal Education Program, New York, April 2003.
Education
J.D., cum laude, Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law, 1993
B.A., Dartmouth College, 1989
Bar Admissions
New York
Court Admissions
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit
U.S. District Court for the Southern and Eastern Districts of New York