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 and 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]