Nov 17, 2017 · It is unclear who funded payments to Marc Kasowitz, the first lawyer Trump hired to oversee the response to the growing probe into allegations of collusion between the Trump campaign and Russia ...
May 30, 2017 · “He knows how to deal with Donald Trump and obviously has Trump’s trust and respect,’’ attorney John Quinn, who has known Kasowitz for 20 years, told the Los Angeles Times. A botched war ...
Sep 23, 2021 · For years, Kasowitz has had his hands in numerous legal cases on Trump’s behalf, representing him in divorces, casino disputes with billionaire Carl Icahn, and campaign- and Russia-related matters....
Marc Elliot Kasowitz (/ ˈ k æ z ə w ɪ t s /; 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.
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Other big departures have included Eleanor Alter, a star divorce lawyer who started her own firm; Michael Bowe, who joined Brown Rudnick; and Aaron Marks, once seen by people at the firm as Kasowitz's likely successor, who moved to Kirkland & Ellis.
The partners who left earlier this month include Andrew Glenn, who represents creditors in restructuring cases; Lyn Agre, a white-collar defense attorney in San Francisco; Jed Bergman, a former Wachtell lawyer praised as brainy by former colleagues; and Olga Fuentes Skinner, who has worked on complex commercial disputes.
Glenn represents minority owners of bankrupt auto parts supplier Garrett Motion Inc. and was said by people who knew him to have significant business. He was one of the lead partners on the firm's work on the bankruptcy of MDC Energy, which brought in about $8 million, according to a recent bankruptcy court filing.
He is currently defending Trump against charges filed by multiple women for sexual assault and defamation, arguing in court that the demands of the presidency should give Trump legal immunity.
In a separate case, he represented a company controlled by a Russian oligarch, Oleg Deripaska, who has close ties to Vladimir Putin. Ethics experts have expressed concern about Kasowitz’s Russian clients creating both the appearance of and the actual presence of a conflict of interest.
These are the questions that come up.”. Alice Ollstein (@AliceOllstein) was a reporter at Talking Points Memo, covering national politics. She graduated from Oberlin College in 2010 and has been reporting in DC ever since, covering the Supreme Court, Congress and national elections for TV, radio, print, and online outlets.
Kasowitz was born in New Haven, Connecticut, to Jewish parents, late Robert (1923–2015) and late Felice (née Molaver; 1930–2004). He has a fraternal twin brother, Stephen, and a younger sister, Susan. His family is Jewish. His father, Robert, ran a scrap metal business.
Kasowitz worked for the law firm Mayer Brown until 1993, when Kasowitz, 18 other lawyers, and two clients left Mayer Brown to establish the Kasowitz Benson Torres law firm.
In 2017, ProPublica reported that Kasowitz may be ineligible for a federal security clearance due to his alcohol abuse.
Kasowitz is married to Lori Kasowitz, whom he met while she was working as a manager at Mayer Brown. In 2001, they created the Marc E. and Lori A. Kasowitz Scholarship at Cornell Law School. In 2007, they pledged an additional $250,000 to the law school's endowment.