Marc L. Mukasey
Partner
Hata Gacevic
212.508.6100 x6578
Marc Mukasey is the leader of the firm's White Collar Criminal Defense and Special Investigations practice. A former federal prosecutor and SEC enforcement attorney, Mr. Mukasey 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. He 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 has represented corporate and individual clients in some of the most high-profile and complex cases of recent times, including three stock options backdating cases, the Madoff matter, various insider trading cases, and political corruption matters. Over the course of his career, he has tried an array of criminal cases involving allegations of securities fraud, investment advisory fraud, mail/wire fraud, money laundering, RICO, and murder. He has also been successful behind the scenes, persuading prosecutors and regulators at the Department of Justice, the Securities and Exchange Commission, and other agencies to abandon investigations before they became public and without the filing of criminal charges. Mr. Mukasey has also practiced extensively before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit.
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 S.E.C., 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.
Representative Matters
Represented Fortune 200 company in connection with internal investigation, criminal and regulatory inquiries concerning stock options backdating
Represented major energy company in New York State Attorney General's investigation of public dislosures relating to climate change, resulting in no charges
Represented international tobacco company in connection with nationwide antitrust litigation and related criminal charges
Represented international aviation company in connection with criminal antitrust investigation, resulting in no charges
Represented high-ranking elected official in Long Island, New York, in connection with District Attorney's municipal corruption probe, resulting in no charges
Represented two wealth management advisors in criminal insider trading probes, resulting in no criminal charges
Publications and Speeches
Speaker and Panelist, International Hedge Funds Conference, Cayman Islands, January 14, 2010.
Moderator, "Remediation, Special Monitors and Settling with the Government," ABA First National Institute on Corporate Investigations and In-House Counsel Workshop, Washington, D.C., May 8, 2009.
"A Company's Exposure: Civil and Criminal Liabilities from Identity Theft, Computer Piracy, Healthcare Issues, and Immigration," South Texas School of Law, Houston, Texas, July 31, 2008.
"How to Use Effective Graphics at Trial," Commercial Litigation Issues for the 21st Century, Manchester, Vermont, May 2-4, 2008.
Keynote Speaker, Global Distressed Investing Summit, New York, January 28-29, 2008.
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
Noteworthy
Benchmark Litigation, the Guide to America's Leading Litigation Firms and Attorneys, 2008-2010
New York Super Lawyers, 2007 and 2009
Super Lawyers, Corporate Counsel Edition, 2009