Marc Harris focuses his practice on the representation of companies and individuals in connection with state and federal criminal investigations and prosecutions, as well as complex business litigation. He has been described in the authoritative Chambers USA professional directory as “an absolutely fantastic trial lawyer” and “a real fighter . . . who gives his all in the defense of clients.”

In his white collar practice, Marc has successfully defended clients charged with or investigated for tax fraud, securities fraud, national security offenses, campaign finance fraud, health care fraud and mail fraud. On the civil side, Marc has successfully litigated and tried a variety of complex business disputes, including securities enforcement matters, theft of trade secrets claims, employment disputes and a wide range of contract and tort actions in the real estate, entertainment and financial industries. A list of representative matters is located here.

Marc served for eight years as an Assistant United States Attorney in the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Central District of California, where he was the Deputy Chief of the Public Corruption and Government Fraud section. He investigated and prosecuted several complex, high-profile cases involving public corruption, environmental fraud, campaign finance violations, tax fraud, customs fraud, and fraud relating to government programs. He tried more than fifteen cases in federal court as a prosecutor, and argued numerous cases on appeal before the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals. In 1997, Marc received the Department of Justice Director’s Award for Superior Performance as an Assistant U.S. Attorney from the Attorney General of the United States.

More recently—from 2021 until January of this year—Marc served as Senior Investigative Counsel for the House Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the United States Capitol. The investigation resulted in numerous criminal referrals to the Department of Justice and the publication of the Final Report before the Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the United States Capitol, House Report 117-663.

Mr. Harris received an A.B. from Duke University in 1985, graduating magna cum laude. He received his J.D. from University of California, Berkeley School of Law in 1988, where he was a Notes and Comments Editor of the California Law Review and won the prestigious Stephen Finney Jameson Award for scholarship and advocacy. He has taught at the National Institute for Trial Advocacy, and has been an adjunct professor at the University of Southern California.