Alan Futerfas

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Alan Futerfas
Born1961 (age 62–63)
Miami, Florida, U.S.
Education Juilliard School (BM)
Yeshiva University (JD)

Alan Futerfas (born 1961 [1] ) is an American criminal defense attorney. He has represented several notable clients, including organized crime figures such as Donald Trump Jr., son of Donald Trump. [2] [3] [4] [5]

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Early life and education

Futerfas was born in Miami. [6] [7] He is of Jewish descent. [8] He graduated from Miami Coral Park Senior High School in 1979 [1] and the Juilliard School in 1984 (Bachelor of Music), [8] and his J.D. degree from Yeshiva University Cardozo School of Law in 1987. [8] [7] In the summer of 1985, while in law school, he worked for lawyer Jay Goldberg. [6]

Futerfas plays bass trombone in the Park Avenue Chamber Symphony. [8] [7]

Career as a criminal defense attorney

Futerfas has represented clients in a number of high-profile organized crime cases, including New York Mafia clients connected to the Colombo, Gambino, and Genovese families. [7] He represented Mafia hitman Gregory Scarpa. [9] In the late 1990s, he transitioned to largely handling white-collar cases, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) investigations and other regulatory matters. [10] In the early 2000s, Futerfas represented Christine Berry, art consultant to ex-Tyco International CEO L. Dennis Kozlowski, in connection with an investigation that led to a larger case against Kozlowski. [6]

Futerfas was also the attorney for Ziv Orenstein, one of three Israeli citizens indicted in 2015 on charges of being part of a cybertheft ring that stole customer data from JPMorgan Chase and Dow Jones & Co. the previous year as part of a huge "pump and dump" scheme. [6] [11] In a separate cybercrime case, Futerfas represented Nikita Kuzmin, a Russian national who created malware targeting bank accounts. [6] [8]

Futerfas' firm has represented a Rikers Island female prisoner in a 2015 rights and sexual assault case. [12]

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  3. ↑ "Donald Trump Jr.'s new lawyer, Alan Futerfas, used to defend mob members". Newsweek. 2017-07-10. Retrieved 2017-07-11.
  4. ↑ "Donald Trump Jr.'s lawyer is a Juilliard-trained trombonist who plays in a symphony and defends mobsters". Washington Post. Retrieved 2017-07-11.
  5. ↑ "Alan Futerfas: 4 things to know about Donald Trump Jr.'s Jewish lawyer". Jewish Telegraphic Agency . Retrieved July 11, 2017.
  6. 1 2 3 4 5 "Donald Trump Jr.'s lawyer has experience with the mob and music". Reuters. July 10, 2017.
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  12. ↑ "Lawsuit Alleging Sexual Assault at Rikers Island Survives Summary Judgment". finance.yahoo.com. Retrieved 2019-02-17.
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