Mark F. Mendelsohn

A partner in the Litigation Department of Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP, Mark F. Mendelsohn is a member of the firm's White Collar Crime and Regulatory Defense, and Securities Litigation Practice Groups. Prior to joining Paul, Weiss, Mr. Mendelsohn served as the deputy chief of the Fraud Section of the Criminal Division of the United States Department of Justice (DOJ), and is internationally acknowledged and respected as the architect and key enforcement official of DOJ's modern Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) enforcement program. He is widely known for dramatically increasing the level of sophistication of FCPA enforcement globally and for underscoring the importance of anti-corruption compliance. Prior to joining the Fraud Section, Mr. Mendelsohn was senior counsel in the DOJ's Computer Crime and Intellectual Property Section in Washington, D.C., and prior to that served for nearly six years as an assistant U.S. attorney in the Southern District of New York.

EDUCATION

J.D., University of Virginia School of Law, 1993
B.A., Yale University, 1989

CLERKSHIP

Hon. Denny Chin, U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York

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Chambers
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