Mark P. Ressler's practice focuses on complex commercial litigation and white collar criminal defense. His successful representation of financial institutions and corporations in numerous complex commercial disputes has earned him selection as one of "America's Leading Lawyers for Business" in Chambers USA, which described him as "undertak[ing] a wide range of commercial litigation for clients who greatly appreciate his easy conversance with governmental and regulatory institutions. This clout attracts a high-caliber clientele drawn from a range of industries..." Mark has also been listed among The Best Lawyers in America in the area of Criminal Defense: White-Collar for 2015, as a New York "Local Litigation Star" by Benchmark Litigation 2013-2015, and as a 2014 New York Metro Super Lawyer in the areas of Business Litigation and Criminal Defense: White Collar.
In the criminal and regulatory arena, Mark, a former federal prosecutor, has represented individuals and corporations in government and internal investigations concerning alleged insider trading, securities fraud, accounting fraud, obstruction of justice, insurance fraud, market manipulation, price-fixing, bid rigging, options backdating, health care fraud, market timing, FDA misbranding, commercial bribery and labor racketeering.
Mark has established the country’s leading practice devoted to representing companies and public entities in connection with failed projects involving the implementation of Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) business software. An active part of Mark’s current practice involves representing corporations and financial institutions in disputes over structured products and securitizations stemming from dislocations in the financial markets. Mark has also served as national counsel for companies defending civil lawsuits in multiple jurisdictions across the country arising out of deferred criminal prosecution agreements.
From 1991 to 1998, Mark was an Assistant U.S. Attorney in the Eastern District of New York, where his notable prosecutions included corruption charges against an SEC attorney; insider trading charges against a celebrity CEO; securities fraud charges against an investment banker Fortune magazine dubbed the "Hannibal Lecter of Wall Street"; and racketeering trials against some of New York's most feared drug and murder-for-hire gangs. Mark was twice awarded the Justice Department's Director's Award for Superior Performance, and was chosen as the Federal Law Enforcement Foundation's "Prosecutor of the Year."
Mark has served on the Judiciary Committee of the New York Bar Association, where he assisted in evaluating all federal and state judges and prospective judges in New York. He has also been consulted by and quoted in the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, Business Week, Fortune and other publications concerning criminal law, trial strategy and other legal matters.
