Glen McGorty

Practice Areas

White Collar and Regulatory Enforcement

Litigation and Trial

Investigations

Monitorships and Independent Counsel

Anti-Money Laundering (AML)

Congressional Investigations

Anti-Corruption and FCPA

Energy Investigations

Government Contracts Investigations

False Claims Act and Procurement Fraud

State Attorneys General

Criminal and Investigations Tax

Securities Fraud and Financial Investigations

Career

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 and a member of the White Collar and Regulatory Enforcement Group and the Financial Services Practice. He previously served as a member of the firm’s Management Board and Executive Committee.

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).

Publications

Former Federal Prosecutors React To Changes In The DOJ Criminal Division’s Corporate Enforcement Policy | 01.20.23

Compliance & Enforcement

Union Monitors | 04.25.22

The Guide to Monitorships - Third Edition, Global Investigations Review

Prosecuting Union Corruption | 08.01.21

The Anticorruption Manual: A Guide for State Prosecutors, National Association of Attorneys General

Rescission | 10.01.20

Commercial Litigation in New York State Courts, Fifth Edition, Thomson Reuters

White Collar – Smarter Phones, Bigger Risk | 01.22.20

Crowell & Moring's Litigation Forecast 2020

Why it's So Hard to Prosecute Corruption in New York | 09.29.17

Crains New York Business

Regulatory Forecast 2015: What Corporate Counsel Need to Know for the Coming Year | 01.31.15

a Crowell & Moring LLP publication

Professional Memberships

American Bar Association, Criminal Justice Section

Federal Bar Council

New York State Bar Association

New York City Bar Association

Education

Experience

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