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Mark W. Pearlstein is a partner in the law firm of McDermott Will & Emery LLP based in the Firm’s Boston office, where he is head of the Boston Trial Department.
Mark concentrates his practice in the areas of white-collar criminal defense, the defense of actions brought by the Securities and Exchange Commission, complex commercial litigation, arbitration and internal investigations. The 2006 and 2007 editions of Chambers USA note Mark as a leading general commercial litigation lawyer, and award him the highest possible rank in white-collar and government litigation.
Mark has substantial experience in complex commercial litigation and arbitration. He has tried a number of civil cases, including the Massachusetts Port Authority’s successful challenge to an injunction prohibiting the construction of a new runway at Boston’s Logan Airport.
Mark also has substantial experience in the investigation and trial of complex white-collar criminal cases and other government enforcement matters, including those involving health care fraud, securities fraud, tax fraud and matters arising out of government procurement programs. He represents clients before courts and government agencies throughout the United States.
Previously, Mark was a federal prosecutor in Boston's U.S. Attorney's Office from 1989 to May 2000. He served as Chief of the Office's Economic Crimes Unit from 1994 to 1996, and was the First Assistant U.S. Attorney from late 1996 until he left the government in 2000. As First Assistant U.S. Attorney, he supervised the Civil and Criminal Divisions of the U.S. Attorney's Office.
Mark served as Acting United States Attorney responsible for negotiating what was then the largest resolution of a health care fraud case. He was a member of the Department of Justice working group responsible for promulgating Federal Prosecution of Corporations, the set of guidelines which govern prosecutorial decisions regarding corporations. He received numerous awards for his work as a federal prosecutor, including the Attorney General's Award for Exceptional Service, the highest award presented by the Department of Justice.
Mark has served on the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court's Web Advisory Board and on the Committee to Revise the Local Rules of the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts. He has been appointed by the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts to serve on its Criminal Justice Act panel of defense attorneys.
Education
Harvard Law School, J.D., 1983
University of Michigan, A.B. (with highest distinction), 1979 | 