Biography: Commercial Litigation

A partner in the litigation department and a nationally known trial lawyer and senior litigator, Mark F Pomerantz has extensive public and private experience in white-collar criminal and regulatory matters. He has counselled CEOs in proceedings brought by the Justice Department and the SEC, and has represented prominent corporations and individuals with regard to many sensitive and high-profile matters.

Mr Pomerantz has represented some of the largest companies in the United States in investigations undertaken by the US Department of Justice and various state and local prosecutors. He has tried cases on behalf of commercial clients and individuals before juries and arbitration panels, and also has substantial appellate experience, arguing dozens of appeals before appellate courts throughout the country.

Additionally, Mr Pomerantz has a great deal of experience in matters involving the financial services industry, and has handled major matters and internal investigations involving all aspects of alleged corporate misconduct, including securities and bank fraud, mail and wire fraud, RICO and FCPA violations, tax offences and bribery. In recent years, he has represented clients in matters involving equity research analysts, structured finance, the allocation of initial public offering shares, reform of the mutual fund industry and other leading issues relating to securities law enforcement by federal and state authorities.

Mr Pomerantz has written about and is a frequent speaker on all aspects of federal criminal practice. He has taught advanced criminal procedure at Harvard Law School and federal criminal litigation, appellate advocacy and contracts at Columbia Law School. He also guest lectures at Stanford Law School.

Mr Pomerantz is a member of the American Bar Association, the Association of the Bar of the City of New York, a former board member of the New York Council of Defense Lawyers, and a fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers. From 2005-2011, Mr Pomerantz was selected as one of the leading white-collar crime lawyers in the United States by Chambers' Guide to America's Leading Business Lawyers. He has been ranked by Chambers as a Star Performer since 2007 and was described in the 2011 edition as an 'attorney renowned as a preeminent white-collar criminal and regulatory trial lawyer'. He is the recipient of the Chambers USA 2008 Award for Excellence in White-Collar Crime and Government Investigations, and the 2009 recipient of the Norman S Ostrow Award from the New York Council of Defense Lawyers. Mr Pomerantz is also listed as a leading lawyer in white-collar criminal defence in Legal 500 and was recently chosen by his peers for The Best Lawyers in America for bet-the-company and commercial litigation, criminal law: white collar defence and corporate governance and compliance law.

Mr Pomerantz served as editor in chief of the Michigan Law Review and was elected to the Order of the Coif. He was a federal prosecutor in the US Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York, and headed the criminal division in that office during 1997-1999.

Mr Pomerantz received his JD (magna cum laude) from the University of Michigan Law School in 1975 and his BA from Harvard College in 1972. He clerked with the Honourable Potter Stewart, US Supreme Court, and the Honourable Edward Weinfeld, US District Court, Southern District of New York.

Biography: Business Crime Defence

A partner in the litigation department and a nationally known trial lawyer and senior litigator, Mark F Pomerantz has extensive public and private experience in white-collar criminal and regulatory matters. He has counselled CEOs in proceedings brought by the Justice Department and the SEC, and has represented prominent corporations and individuals with regard to many sensitive and high-profile matters.

Mr Pomerantz has represented some of the largest companies in the United States in investigations undertaken by the US Department of Justice and various state and local prosecutors. He has tried cases on behalf of commercial clients and individuals before juries and arbitration panels, and also has substantial appellate experience, arguing dozens of appeals before appellate courts throughout the country.

Additionally, Mr Pomerantz has a great deal of experience in matters involving the financial services industry, and has handled major matters and internal investigations involving all aspects of alleged corporate misconduct, including securities and bank fraud, mail and wire fraud, RICO and FCPA violations, tax offences and bribery. In recent years, he has represented clients in matters involving equity research analysts, structured finance, the allocation of initial public offering shares, reform of the mutual fund industry and other leading issues relating to securities law enforcement by federal and state authorities.

Mr Pomerantz has written about and is a frequent speaker on all aspects of federal criminal practice. He has taught advanced criminal procedure at Harvard Law School and federal criminal litigation, appellate advocacy and contracts at Columbia Law School. He also guest lectures at Stanford Law School.

Mr Pomerantz is a member of the American Bar Association, the Association of the Bar of the City of New York, a former board member of the New York Council of Defense Lawyers, and a fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers. From 2005-2011, Mr Pomerantz was selected as one of the leading white-collar crime lawyers in the United States by Chambers' Guide to America's Leading Business Lawyers. He has been ranked by Chambers as a Star Performer since 2007 and was described in the 2011 edition as an 'attorney renowned as a preeminent white-collar criminal and regulatory trial lawyer.' He is the recipient of the Chambers USA 2008 Award for Excellence in White-Collar Crime and Government Investigations, and the 2009 recipient of the Norman S Ostrow Award from the New York Council of Defense Lawyers. Mr Pomerantz is also listed as a leading lawyer in white-collar criminal defense in Legal 500 and was recently chosen by his peers for The Best Lawyers in America for bet-the-company and commercial litigation, criminal law: white-collar defence and corporate governance and compliance law.

Mr Pomerantz served as editor-in-chief of the Michigan Law Review and was elected to the Order of the Coif. He was a federal prosecutor in the US Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York, and headed the criminal division in that office during 1997-1999.