Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
Brooklyn, New York, USA
Also Known As
Edward A. McDonald
Edward McDonald
Biography
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...
