Mark Beck

Practice Areas

Since 1981, Mark Beck has defended corporations and individuals in all phases of complex civil, criminal, and regulatory litigation throughout the United States and abroad. Mark’s successful results include obtaining trial victories, winning dispositive motions, securing non-prosecution agreements, and convincing governmental authorities to terminate investigations. Mark also has extensive experience conducting corporate internal investigations and advising company counsel on governance, compliance, and crime-prevention matters.

Career

Mark is a nationally recognized trial lawyer, having been selected as a Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers. For 25 years, he led a boutique white collar firm that was described by the Los Angeles Daily Journal as a “major player in the defense bar.” Mark and his colleagues then joined Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe, where as head of the White Collar Criminal Defense and Investigations practice group he supervised the talented junior and senior criminal defense lawyers at 30-plus Orrick offices worldwide.

In 2017, Mark left Orrick to handle cases and clients around the world that are best handled in a smaller firm setting. In doing so, Mark restarted the boutique firm that had earned him honors, such as being named one of the “top five go-to white collar lawyers” in California by California Lawyer magazine.

In his criminal law practice, Mark has defended companies and corporate officers accused of stealing intellectual property; aerospace and maritime companies and their employees in various investigations; hospitals, doctors and administrators in health care fraud proceedings; companies and their officers in political corruption investigations; and corporations and their executives in securities fraud proceedings. He has also represented various businesses and individuals accused of violating antitrust, environmental, and telemarketing regulations, and the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, and others accused of fraudulent conduct in various industries.

Mark began his career as a federal prosecutor in the United States Attorney’s Office in Los Angeles. Following successful labor corruption and business fraud prosecutions, he was appointed an Assistant Chief of the Criminal Division and received the Department of Justice Special Achievement Award for exceptional service on behalf of the United States.

He has received numerous top honors and industry recognition from Chambers, Best Lawyers in America, Legal 500, Super Lawyers and other publications. In Law 360, the head of white collar defense for an international law firm described Mark as the most formidable defense lawyer he faced while serving as an Assistant United States Attorney.

Professional Memberships

Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers