Michael Schachter

Mike Schachter is a nationally renowned trial lawyer and white collar defense attorney. Mike represents corporations and their executives in their most challenging cases and investigations, and handles a wide variety of civil litigation. He is a partner in Willkie’s Litigation Department and Co-Chair of the Firm's White-Collar Defense Practice Group.

Mike has an unparalleled record of victories over the Justice Department in some of the nation's most high-profile trials. In 2022, Mike secured an acquittal on all counts for Tom Barrack, the founder of private equity firm Colony Capital and chair of President Trump’s inaugural committee, in a highly publicized trial alleging illegal foreign lobbying, obstruction of justice and other charges.

Before that, he had won a major victory over the Justice Department in 2019, obtaining an acquittal on all counts for shipbuilding executive Jean Boustani over an alleged $2 billion securities fraud and kickback scheme involving Mozambique state-backed loans. A year earlier, Mike had been named White Collar Crime & Government Investigations Lawyer of the Year in 2018 by Chambers USA, and in 2017 was named "Litigator of the Week" by The American Lawyer for winning a landmark victory dismissing all charges in the first U.S. LIBOR manipulation case before the Second Circuit Court of Appeals.

DePaul University, J.D., 1993; Indiana University, B.S., 1990

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