| Biography:
Mark D. Harris is a partner in the Litigation and Dispute Resolution Department and is resident in the New York office. His practice focuses on criminal enforcement, appellate litigation, and complex civil litigation. He represents institutional and individual clients in connection with government investigations, prosecutions, and civil disputes, with a special emphasis on international criminal law and sentencing. Mr. Harris’ experience includes:
• Served as co-counsel at the resentencing of John and Timothy Rigas in United States v. Rigas.
• Representing the President of a major international company whom federal authorities sought to extradite for tax offenses allegedly committed in the United States.
• Represented the former CEO of Princeton Economics International. Helped successfully win his release from the longest term of federal civil contempt in U.S. history.
• Co-authored successful petition for certiorari in 14 Penn Plaza LLC v. Pyett, 07-581 (U.S.) (pending).
• Co-authored amicus brief on behalf of law professors in United States v. White, 05-6596 (6th Cir.) (en banc) (pending), which presents issues concerning the use of acquitted conduct at sentencing.
From 1997 to 2002, Mr. Harris served as an Assistant United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, during which he prosecuted a broad spectrum of federal crimes, including health care fraud, financial fraud, and corporate embezzlement. He tried numerous jury trials and argued cases before the Second Circuit Court of Appeals.
Mr. Harris served as a law clerk for Justice John Paul Stevens and Justice Lewis F. Powell, Jr., Supreme Court of the United States, from 1995 to 1996, and for Judge Joel M. Flaum, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, from 1992 to 1993.
Mr. Harris received his J.D., magna cum laude, from Harvard Law School in 1992, where he was a Supervising Editor of the Harvard Law Review. He received his A.B. in philosophy, magna cum laude, from Harvard College in 1989, where he was elected to Phi Beta Kappa. In 1996, he was a Temple Bar Foundation Scholar in London, England. In addition, he received a Bachelor’s Degree in Talmudic Law in 2005.
Mr. Harris has been a member of the Board of Editors of the Federal Sentencing Reporter since 1996 and is a frequent contributor. His work on behalf of foreign clients was featured in the American Lawyer’s Litigation 2006 supplement. In addition, he has spoken at several forums on criminal law, including a presentation on foreign extradition proceedings at the 2007 International Bar Association’s Trans-National Crime Conference in Washington, D.C.
Publications
• Lead Editor, White-Collar Sentencing Issue, Federal Sentencing Reporter, Vol. 20, No. 3 (2008); co-author, Defending the White-Collar Case at Sentencing, 20 Fed. Sent. R. 153 (2008)
• Blakely’s Unfinished Business, 16 Fed. Sent. R. 83 (2004)
• Co-author, The Koon Case: Departures and Discretion, 9 Fed. Sent. R. 4 (1996)
• Collateral Attack and the Sentencing Guidelines, 7 Fed. Sent. R. 39 (1994)
• Raising the Quality of Evidence at Sentencing, 5 Fed. Sent. R. 102 (1992)
• Note, An Argument for Confrontation Under the Federal Sentencing Guidelines, 105 Harv. L. Rev. 1880 (1992)
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