(1952-06-28) June 28, 1952 (age 71) New Haven, Connecticut, U.S.
Political party
Republican
Spouse
Lori Kasowitz
(m. 1992)
Education
Yale University (BA) Cornell University (JD)
Marc Elliot Kasowitz (/ˈkæzəwɪts/; born June 28, 1952) is an American trial lawyer and partner of the New York–based law firm Kasowitz Benson Torres, which he co-founded in 1993. He has represented companies such as TPG, Douglas Elliman Realty, Teva Pharmaceuticals, Pilgrim's Pride, Fairfax Financial Holdings, Liggett, MBIA, Woodstock 50, and Hoechst Celanese.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7] He was a personal outside attorney for U.S. President Donald Trump.[8][9] On May 24, 2017, Kasowitz was retained to represent Trump personally in connection with investigations into the role of Trump's presidential campaign in Russian interference in the 2016 United States elections.[10][11] He later resigned on July 20, 2017.[12] Kasowitz also represents two Russian clients with close ties to Vladimir Putin.[13]
^Mullins, Andrew Ackerman And Brody (April 2, 2015). "Former TPG Spokesman Sues Over Dismissal". Wall Street Journal. ISSN 0099-9660. Retrieved May 10, 2021.
^Dutton, Holly (March 22, 2016). "Joe Aquino sues Douglas Elliman over $1M in unpaid commissions". Real Estate Weekly. Retrieved May 10, 2021.
^Hopkins, Brent Kendall and Jared S. (August 27, 2020). "Teva's Indictment Came After Talks Faltered With Justice Department". Wall Street Journal. ISSN 0099-9660. Retrieved May 10, 2021.
^"Fairfax: Insurance giant's crusade against big hedge funds - March 19, 2007". archive.fortune.com. Retrieved May 10, 2021.
^August 01, Elizabeth Amon |; AM, 2004 at 12:00. "Fast Rise To The Top". The American Lawyer. Retrieved May 10, 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
^Holm, Corrie Driebusch And Erik (January 11, 2011). "MBIA Wins Ruling on Its Restructuring". Wall Street Journal. ISSN 0099-9660. Archived from the original on May 14, 2021. Retrieved May 10, 2021.
^"Woodstock 50 Not Canceled After Court Rules Against Former Financiers". Entertainment Tonight. May 15, 2019. Retrieved May 10, 2021.
^Bump, Philip (June 8, 2017). "Team Trump's official response to the Comey testimony – now, with context". The Washington Post. Retrieved June 8, 2017. President Trump's personal attorney Marc Kasowitz accused government employees, including former FBI director James Comey, of "actively attempting to undermine this administration with selective and illegal leaks of classified information and privileged communication," on June 8.
^Fabian, Jordan (June 8, 2017). "Trump lawyer accuses Comey of 'improperly' leaking memo to press". The Hill. Retrieved June 8, 2017.
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^"Trump's lawyer in Russia probe has clients with Kremlin ties". The Washington Post.
Marc Elliot Kasowitz (/ˈkæzəwɪts/; born June 28, 1952) is an American trial lawyer and partner of the New York–based law firm Kasowitz Benson Torres, which...
WorldCom and Mia Farrow. The firm was founded as Kasowitz, Hoff, Benson & Torres in 1993 when MarcKasowitz left the Mayer Brown law firm with 18 other lawyers...
years but had withdrawn their services, including: MarcKasowitz, Charles Harder, Joanna Hendon, Marc Saroff Mukasey, Jay Sekulow, and Lawrence S. Rosen...
organization. Joined in June 2017. Michael J. Bowe: an attorney at MarcKasowitz's firm Ty Cobb: a white-collar crime lawyer; was on White House staff...
collateral after Mr. Poymanov failed to repay a loan. Sberbank is retaining MarcKasowitz for this court case. In January 2017 Herman Gref, a bank chief executive...
before the Senate Intelligence Committee, Trump's personal lawyer MarcKasowitz threatened to file legal complaints against Comey for sharing his memo...
March 2021, Walk filed a lawsuit seeking $60 million in damages from MarcKasowitz, the attorney who negotiated his Universal exit deal. The suit stated...
October 2020, Ivanka Trump and husband Jared Kushner, through lawyer MarcKasowitz (who had previously represented Donald Trump) threatened to sue the...
personal attorney MarcKasowitz told associates that he had been personally responsible for getting Bharara fired. It is alleged that Kasowitz had warned Trump...
Investigation with a member of Kasowitz Benson Torres, the law firm founded by the President's personal attorney MarcKasowitz. Kavanaugh was unable to answer...
was that lawyer MarcKasowitz had gotten Trump "out of all kinds of jams [...] on the campaign—what did we have, a hundred women? Kasowitz took care of all...
science that guides effective public health policy." Atlas's lawyer MarcKasowitz threatened to sue the researchers. Atlas's comment urging Michiganders...
Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi, Eric Herschmann, Patrick Philbin, and MarcKasowitz, said they were not interested in joining the defense for the second...
represent and advise him, including his longtime personal attorney MarcKasowitz as well as Jay Sekulow, Michael Bowe, and John M. Dowd. All but Sekulow...
Robert Mueller investigation with anybody at the Kasowitz Benson Torres firm, that was founded by MarcKasowitz, a former personal attorney of President Trump...
formerly served as a trial attorney for the law firms Faegre & Benson and Kasowitz, Benson, Torres & Friedman, and a federal prosecutor for the United States...
Guantanamo Bay, Information Commissioner for Bermuda MarcKasowitz (1977), founding partner of Kasowitz Benson Torres Frances Kellor (1897), founding member...
that O'Brien "writes like an infantile". That month, Trump's attorney, MarcKasowitz, sent Warner Books a letter which demanded a complete recall of the...
ongoing investigation. The attorney for Schochet, Korf, and Laber, MarcKasowitz, stated that the lawsuit is "100% false and defamatory... and is "nothing...
20, 2018. Retrieved July 21, 2018. Collins, Kaitlin (February 19, 2019). "Marc Short is returning to the White House". CNN. Archived from the original on...
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