Steven J. McCool

Steven McCool, a former federal prosecutor, has served as lead counsel in more than 75 criminal and civil jury and bench trials. He is a Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers, an invitation-only organization that represents 1% of trial lawyers in the United States..

In 2023, Mr. McCool obtained a full acquittal for a former 21st Century Fox senior executive charged in the FIFA bribery case, following an eight-week jury trial in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York.

Mr. McCool is recognized globally and nationally in Chambers & Partners, the world’s leading legal ranking company. Mr. McCool’s clients and other attorneys have described him as a trial lawyer who “wins the unwinnable cases,” a “phenomenal trial lawyer,” and a trial lawyer who “knows his way around a courtroom with his eyes closed and his hands tied behind his back.”

Mr. McCool is consistently identified as one of the Best Lawyers in America® (Tier 1 – Criminal Defense: White-Collar Litigation). He is also recognized, year after year, as one of “Washington’s Top Lawyers” by Washingtonian Magazine, and has been recognized as one of the “Top 100 Lawyers in Washington, DC” by Super Lawyers® since 2014. Business Today recently recognized Mr. McCool as one of the “Top 10 Trial Lawyers Influencing U.S. Litigation Landscape in 2023.”

Mr. McCool represents companies, officers, directors, executives and other individuals in criminal, civil and administrative matters, including grand jury investigations, internal investigations, Inspector General investigations, Congressional inquiries, SEC enforcement proceedings, and False Claims Act litigation. He has litigated a variety of cases relating to the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, ITAR, export controls, the Clean Water Act, bank fraud, money laundering, securities fraud, government contracting fraud, mortgage and other accounting fraud. Mr. McCool has also handled complex civil matters involving business disputes, qui tam litigation, and asset forfeiture.