Marc Kasowitz has represented companies such as TPG, Douglas Elliman Realty, Teva Pharmaceuticals, Pilgrim's Pride, Fairfax Financial Holdings, Liggett, MBIA, Woodstock 50, and Hoechst Celanese.
13 Facts About Marc Kasowitz
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Marc Kasowitz was a personal outside attorney for US President Donald Trump.
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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.
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Marc Kasowitz represents two Russian clients with close ties to Vladimir Putin.
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Marc Kasowitz was born in New Haven, Connecticut, to Jewish parents, late Robert and late Felice Marc Kasowitz.
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Marc Kasowitz has a fraternal twin brother, Stephen, and a younger sister, Susan.
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Marc Kasowitz went to the Hopkins School in New Haven.
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Early wins for Marc Kasowitz included obtaining a $300 million settlement on behalf of 3,500 Alabama residents who were allegedly poisoned by seepage from a Monsanto Company plant manufacturing PCBs.
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In Spring 2017, Kasowitz told associates that he had been personally responsible for the abrupt dismissal of US Attorney Preet Bharara on March 11,2017, having previously warned Trump, "This guy is going to get you".
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Marc Kasowitz departed Trump's White House legal team on July 20,2017.
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Marc Kasowitz represented Trump's former medical adviser Scott Atlas, and threatened to sue a number of Stanford University-affiliated doctors and researchers who signed a letter which criticized Atlas and raised questions about his qualifications.
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Marc Kasowitz represents the Russian state-owned bank Sberbank, a bank under sanctions by the EU and the United States after Russia's 2014 annexation of Ukraine's Crimea region.
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In 2017, ProPublica reported that Marc Kasowitz may be ineligible for a federal security clearance due to his alcohol abuse.