Edward McDonald

Edward McDonald is a highly regarded American criminal defense attorney with a storied career in prosecuting organized crime and white-collar cases. He is a partner at Dechert LLP, focusing on securities enforcement and complex litigation. Before entering private practice, McDonald served as a federal prosecutor and was Attorney-in-Charge of the U.S. Organized Crime Strike Force in the Eastern District of New York, where he handled many high-profile mafia and corruption cases. In a rare blending of reality and film, McDonald portrayed himself in Martin Scorsese’s Goodfellas (1990), reenacting...