Glen G. McGorty

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Overview

Glen McGorty gets the first call from both global institutions and individuals alike when they are facing complex government investigations, “bet-the-company” enforcement actions, and high-profile criminal prosecutions. As a distinguished federal prosecutor in the Southern District of New York, an experienced criminal defense attorney, and seasoned trial lawyer, Glen has forged a reputation as a skilled, creative advocate, and an empathetic and thoughtful counselor for his clients. He has been recognized by Chambers USA since 2016 and his work as a federal monitor has earned him the respect and trust of the courts, the government, and the entities which he has been charged to oversee.

Glen is an experienced trial lawyer who served 15 years as a federal prosecutor in the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York (SDNY) and the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) in Washington, D.C.

He represents corporate entities and individuals in federal and state criminal and regulatory matters, and in investigations conducted by grand juries, congressional committees, independent and special counsel, and domestic and international law enforcement and regulatory agencies including the DOJ, Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA), the New York State Department of Financial Services (DFS), and various State Attorneys General. Glen has led internal investigations for many leading international companies and Fortune 100 multinationals across industries including, financial services, defense contracting, technology, communications, energy, and engineering.  

Glen is an experienced independent compliance monitor. Since 2014, Glen has served as a Court-appointed federal monitor as the Independent Monitor of the New York City District Council of Carpenters and related Taft-Hartley benefit funds. Since 2021, he has served as part of the Court-appointed federal monitor team for the United Autoworkers of America, overseeing the union’s historic union-wide referendum election and their first ever union-wide national mail-in ballot officer election.

Glen serves as co-chair of the firm’s Litigation and Trial Department, managing partner of the firm’s New York office, a member of the firm’s Management Board, and a member of the White Collar and Regulatory Enforcement Group and the Financial Services Practice.

Government Experience

Glen joined Crowell & Moring after almost 15 years at the DOJ. During his career with the government, Glen prosecuted and supervised a wide range of significant, high-profile cases, handling white collar matters such as securities fraud, public corruption, wire and mail fraud, money laundering, tax violations, insider trading, accounting fraud and options backdating cases, and other serious criminal cases such as RICO enterprises, international narcotics trafficking, and violent crimes including kidnapping and murder.

While serving as an Assistant U.S. Attorney (AUSA) in the SDNY, Glen was lead counsel in 15 federal jury trials, and he briefed and argued over a dozen cases before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. He led numerous complex criminal investigations and prosecutions in virtually every sector of the office, including the SDNY's Securities and Commodities Fraud Task Force, and International Narcotics Trafficking Unit. During his time in the SDNY, Glen supervised the Narcotics Unit, Violent Crimes Unit, General Crimes Unit, and the Criminal Division itself, and served as Senior Trial Counsel in the SDNY's Public Corruption Unit.  Glen was recognized by his colleagues during his time in Government service, including his receipt of the DOJ's Attorney General Award for Distinguished Service and the True American Hero Award from the Federal Drug Agents Foundation.

Before coming to the SDNY, Glen joined the DOJ through the Attorney General's Honors Program, and served more than three years as a Trial Attorney in the Fraud Section of DOJ's Criminal Division in Washington, D.C., and as a Special Assistant U.S. Attorney in the Eastern District of Virginia (EDVA).

Career & Education

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    • Department of Justice: United States Attorney's Office
      Southern District of New York: Assistant U.S. Attorney, Criminal Division, 2002 — 2012
      Acting Chief, General Crimes Unit, 2012
      Senior Trial Counsel, Public Corruption Unit, 2010 — 2012
      Acting Deputy Chief, Criminal Division, 2010
      Acting Chief, Violent Crimes Unit, 2009 — 2010
      Deputy Chief, Narcotics Unit, 2008 — 2010
      Eastern District of Virginia: Special Assistant U.S. Attorney, 1999
    • Department of Justice: Criminal Division
      Trial Attorney, 1998 — 2002
    • Department of Justice: United States Attorney's Office
      Southern District of New York: Assistant U.S. Attorney, Criminal Division, 2002 — 2012
      Acting Chief, General Crimes Unit, 2012
      Senior Trial Counsel, Public Corruption Unit, 2010 — 2012
      Acting Deputy Chief, Criminal Division, 2010
      Acting Chief, Violent Crimes Unit, 2009 — 2010
      Deputy Chief, Narcotics Unit, 2008 — 2010
      Eastern District of Virginia: Special Assistant U.S. Attorney, 1999
    • Department of Justice: Criminal Division
      Trial Attorney, 1998 — 2002
    • Princeton University, A.B., 1995
    • Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law, J.D., 1998
    • Princeton University, A.B., 1995
    • Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law, J.D., 1998
    • New York
    • New Jersey
    • District of Columbia
    • New York
    • New Jersey
    • District of Columbia
  • Professional Activities and Memberships

    • American Bar Association, Criminal Justice Section
    • Federal Bar Council
    • New York State Bar Association
    • New York City Bar Association

    Professional Activities and Memberships

    • American Bar Association, Criminal Justice Section
    • Federal Bar Council
    • New York State Bar Association
    • New York City Bar Association
Glen is an excellent advocate and is able to masterfully steer clients through complex white-collar issues with a great amount of confidence, calm and an overall reassuring demeanor." He is ‘in his own category in terms of knowing how to deal with clients, opposing counsel and judges,’ and is ‘very polished, very good on his feet and well respected.’

Chambers USA

Representative Matters

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Financial Services Enforcement and Securities Fraud

  • Represented over 100 officers, executives and employees of international financial institutions in connection with multi-national criminal and regulatory enforcement investigations involving allegations of insider trading, market manipulation, accounting fraud, securities fraud, wire/mail fraud, and bank policy violations including those related to business communication policies and procedures.
  • Advised a global investment bank in a whistleblowing investigation of alleged manipulation of its electronic trading platform.
  • Represented the former managing director and Head of Global Securitized Asset Trading at an international financial institution in a high profile and unprecedented civil action brought pursuant to the Financial Institutions Reform, Recovery, and Enforcement Act of 1989 (FIRREA) by the DOJ in the Eastern District of New York (EDNY), United States v. Barclays Capital Inc. et al., 16 Cv. 7057 (KAM) (EDNY). Resulted in a favorable settlement and dismissal of all claims.
  • Counseled the Special Litigation Committee of a global technology company in connection with securities fraud and breach of fiduciary claims alleged by the New York Attorney General and shareholders.
  • Advised senior in-house counsel of an international bank in connection with SEC investigation of over-issuances of securities and internal control issues.
  • Represented former chief executive officer of an international financial institution in connection with SEC investigation of statements regarding environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors in investment strategies.
  • Represented a senior executive in connection with a major EDNY fraud prosecution related to the pharmaceutical industry.
  • Represented a former hedge fund trader in connection with a major federal insider trading trial in the SDNY.
  • Represented a global supplier of nuclear power facilities and an international pharmaceutical company in a NJ Attorney General inquiry into potential fraud in a tax incentives program.
  • Represented the former chief operating officer of an on-line small business lender in an SEC and DOJ investigation.

FCPA and Public Corruption Investigations

  • Represented a managing director at an international financial institution in connection with an international multinational investigation into FCPA violations in Asia.
  • Led an internal investigation for a global satellite communications company in connection with potential FCPA allegations.
  • Represented an international power plant construction company in an internal investigation related to a public corruption prosecution in the SDNY.
  • Represented a former New York state official in a criminal public corruption prosecution conducted by the SDNY.
  • Counseled a New York law firm in connection with an EDNY public corruption grand jury investigation.

Criminal and Civil Antitrust Investigations

  • Advised a global engineering company in an internal investigation of potential bid-rigging of several construction projects.
  • Represented an international private equity company in a civil antitrust litigation matter in the SDNY.
  • Represented several human resources executives in connection with a DOJ Antitrust investigation.

Asset Forfeiture/Money Laundering Investigations

  • Represented the former head of AML compliance for a national financial institution in connection with an SDNY criminal investigation and civil enforcement action into violations of The Bank Secrecy Act of 1970 (BSA).
  • Represented an international financial institution in a DOJ investigation of allegations of money laundering and BSA violations.
  • Counseled an international financial institution on several matters, including an internal investigation into several customers’ alleged money laundering activities.
  • Advised a multi-strategy hedge fund in connection with asset forfeiture claims and victim fund remission in the SDNY.

False Claims Act and Health Care Investigations

  • Led an internal investigation into a major national defense contractor regarding deviation from government contract design specifications.
  • Served as pool counsel for employees at a publicly-traded pharmaceutical company in connection with a federal criminal and civil health care fraud investigation.
  • Represented a health care executive in a criminal RICO, fraud, and money laundering prosecution in the SDNY.
  • Represented one of the country’s largest health insurers in connection with a SDNY Civil FCA investigation.

Executive Employment

  • Counseled a vice president of an international energy conglomerate in an internal expense-related employment inquiry.
  • Represented a former principal and senior partner of an international private equity firm in an SEC examination and investigation.
  • Led an internal investigation into an alleged sexual assault at a company retreat for a national pharmaceutical company.
  • Advised one of the top art museums in the country in connection with an internal investigation of accusations against its director of tax fraud and creation of a hostile work environment.

Complex Commercial Litigation

  • Represented a global data technology corporation accused of breach of contract in connection with a Federal Trade Commission consent order designed to promote competition in the digital TV ratings measurement industry. Resulted in victory in arbitration before the American Arbitration Association (AAA).
  • Represented a global communications company defending a Lanham Act false advertising claim regarding wireless technology advertisements in federal court. Resulted in favorable settlement and dismissal of all claims.
  • Advised a multi-national pharmaceutical company in affirmative Lanham Act suit against competitor related to false efficacy and safety claims regarding prescription biologic in federal court. Resulted in favorable settlement and discontinuation of offending claims.

Independent Monitorships

  • Appointed by the U.S. District Court for the SDNY in 2014 as the Independent Monitor of the New York City District Council of Carpenters and the affiliated Taft-Hartley benefit funds, in connection with the 1994 Consent Decree that installed oversight over anti-corruption measures designed to combat organized crime’s influence over the union.
  • Served as a member of the Monitor team appointed in 2021 by the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan under a consent decree to oversee the International Union, United Automobile, and Aerospace and Agricultural Implement Workers of America, with specific responsibility to oversee the union’s historic union-wide referendum election and their first ever union-wide national mail-in ballot officer election.

Pro Bono Representations

  • Served over nine years as a member of the Criminal Justice Act (CJA) Panel for the U.S. District Court for the SDNY, representing more than 25 indigent criminal defendants as part of the in cases ranging from narcotics trafficking and racketeering to securities fraud.
  • Represented a low-level, non-violent drug offender serving a life sentence, who was granted clemency by President Barack Obama in 2015 and released in April 2016 after serving nearly a decade in prison.
  • Represented a non-violent drug offender sentenced to an excessively long sentence, who was released in 2014 after serving many years in prison upon discovery of a substantive error at sentencing.

Recognition

  • Chambers USA: Leading Individual, White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations, New York, 2016 – 2023
  • Super Lawyer Magazine: Top Rated White Collar Crimes Attorney, New York, 2017 – 2022
  • City & State New York: Law Power 100 List of New York’s “100 most politically powerful lawyers,” 2020 – 2023
  • New York Law Journal: Distinguished Leader Award, 2019
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