Alan Futerfas | |
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Born | 1961 (age 62–63) |
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]
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]
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]