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Kasowitz was born in New Haven, Connecticut and is of Polish decent.  He attended the Hopkins Grammar School in New Haven. He graduated from [[Yale College]] ''cum laude'' with a B.A. in American history. In 1977, he earned a [[Juris Doctor]] from [[Cornell University]], where he was an editor of the ''Cornell Law Review''.

Kasowitz was born in New Haven, Connecticut and is of Polish decent.  He attended the Hopkins Grammar School in New Haven. He graduated from [[Yale College]] ''cum laude'' with a B.A. in American history. In 1977, he earned a [[Juris Doctor]] from [[Cornell University]], where he was an editor of the ''Cornell Law Review''.

Upon graduation, Kasowitz passed the New York bar exam and joined the Mayer, Brown & Platt law firm.  In 1993 Kasowitz, 18 lawyers and two clients left Mayer Brown to establish the [[Kasowitz Benson Torres]] law firm.<ref name="bizjournals_Kasowitz_bio_2017">{{cite news |url=http://www.bizjournals.com/newyork/news/2017/05/24/what-to-know-about-trump-lawyer-marc-kasowitz.html |title=What you need to know about Trump lawyer Marc Kasowitz |date=May 24, 2017 |access-date=June 8, 2017 |work=Biz Journals |first=Anthony |last=Noto}}</ref><ref name="American Lawyer">{{cite news|url=http://www.kasowitz.com/files/FastRise-NoWhitePage.pdf|last=Amon|first=Elizabeth|title=Fast Rise to the Top|date=August 2004|work=The American Lawyer|publisher=Incisive Media|pages=11|accessdate=June 8, 2017}}</ref> The firm later expanded to the point of hiring former-Senator [[Joe Lieberman]] in 2013 to work in its lobbying group.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.kasowitz.com/senator-joseph-lieberman-joins-kasowitz-06-06-20131/|title=Senator Joseph Lieberman Joins Kasowitz|date=June 6, 2013|accessdate=June 8,2017}}</ref>

Upon graduation, Kasowitz passed the New York bar exam and joined the Mayer, Brown & Platt law firm.  In 1993 Kasowitz, 18 lawyers and two clients left Mayer Brown to establish the [[Kasowitz Benson Torres]] law firm.<ref name="bizjournals_Kasowitz_bio_2017">{{cite news |url=http://www.bizjournals.com/newyork/news/2017/05/24/what-to-know-about-trump-lawyer-marc-kasowitz.html |title=What you need to know about Trump lawyer Marc Kasowitz |date=May 24, 2017 |access-date=June 8, 2017 |work=Biz Journals |first=Anthony |last=Noto}}</ref><ref name="American Lawyer">{{cite news|url=http://www.kasowitz.com/files/FastRise-NoWhitePage.pdf|last=Amon|first=Elizabeth|title=Fast Rise to the Top|date=August 2004|work=The American Lawyer|publisher=Incisive Media|pages=11|accessdate=June 8, 2017}}</ref> The firm later expanded to the point of hiring former-Senator [[Joe Lieberman]] in 2013 to work in its lobbying group.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.kasowitz.com/senator-joseph-lieberman-joins-kasowitz-06-06-20131/|title=Senator Joseph Lieberman Joins Kasowitz|date=June 6, 2013|accessdate=June 8 ,2017}}</ref>

Kasowitz has represented [[Bill O'Reilly]] and [[Donald Trump]].  Additionally, Kasowitz represents a company run by a Russian oligarch [[Oleg Deripaska]], who is a very close associate of [[Vladimir Putin]] and who employed Trump campaign manager [[Paul Manafort]] for several years.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cnn.com/2017/05/24/politics/trump-attorney-kasowitz/index.html|title=Trump lawyer in Russia probes has Russian ties of his own|first=Curt|last=Devine|publisher=CNN|date=May 24, 2017|accessdate=June 8, 2017}}</ref>

Kasowitz has represented [[Bill O'Reilly]] and [[Donald Trump]].  Additionally, Kasowitz represents a company run by a Russian oligarch [[Oleg Deripaska]], who is a very close associate of [[Vladimir Putin]] and who employed Trump campaign manager [[Paul Manafort]] for several years.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cnn.com/2017/05/24/politics/trump-attorney-kasowitz/index.html|title=Trump lawyer in Russia probes has Russian ties of his own|first=Curt|last=Devine|publisher=CNN|date=May 24, 2017|accessdate=June 8, 2017}}</ref>