Marc Kasowitz
| Marc Kasowitz | |
|---|---|
| Born |
Marc Elliot Kasowitz June 28, 1952 New Haven, Connecticut |
| Alma mater |
Yale College (B.A., 1974) Cornell Law School (J.D., 1977) |
| Occupation | Attorney |
| Spouse(s) | Lori A. Kasowitz (m. 1992) |
Marc Elliot Kasowitz (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 was a personal outside attorney for U.S. President Donald Trump. 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. Kasowitz also represents several Russian clients with close ties to Vladimir Putin.
Kasowitz was born in New Haven, Connecticut, to Robert (1923–2015) and Felice (née Molaver; 1930–2004) Kasowitz. He has a fraternal twin brother, Stephen, and a younger sister, Susan. His family is Jewish. His father, Robert, ran a successful scrap metal business. Marc's paternal grandparents, Samuel and Rose Kasowitz, emigrated from Poland to Connecticut, where Samuel started the scrap business with a push cart. Robert and his brothers Milton and Harold helped grow it into a family business. On his mother's side of the family, his grandfather William Molaver also emigrated from Poland, and his grandmother's parents came from Russia.
He attended Hopkins Grammar School in New Haven. In 1974, he graduated from Yale College cum laude with a B.A. in American history. Three years later he earned a Juris Doctor from Cornell Law School, where he was an editor of the Cornell Law Review. Kasowitz was admitted to the New York Bar in 1978.
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.
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