Education
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Harvard Law School, J.D., magna cum laude, 1979
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Harvard College, A.B., magna cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa, Rhodes Scholarship, 1972
Clerkships
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Hon. Louis F. Oberdorfer,
U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia,
1979
- 1980
Court Admissions
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U.S. Supreme Court
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United States Court of Appeals for the 1st, 2nd, 4th, 5th, 6th,7th, 8th, 9th, 11th
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U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
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U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
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U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia
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Robert Luskin is one of the best known and most highly-regarded litigators in Washington, specializing in complex criminal and civil litigation at both the trial court and appellate level. As a lawyer first in government service and later in private practice, Mr. Luskin has represented clients in virtually every high-profile matter in Washington over the last three decades.
Mr. Luskin has special experience in cases involving allegations of official corruption. While at the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), he helped supervise the ABSCAM investigation, which resulted in the conviction of several Members of Congress, and thereafter represented the DOJ in hearings before the Congress concerning the investigation. Since entering private practice, he has represented a Cabinet Officer and senior White House officials of both parties in criminal investigations by Independent Counsels and the DOJ, the senior staff of a U.S. Senator in the Keating Five Senate Ethics Investigation and other senior government officials in civil, criminal and Congressional investigations. Mr. Luskin successfully represented a sitting U.S. District Judge in a criminal trial and appeal, securing the reversal of his client's conviction before the U.S. Supreme Court and the en banc U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. More recently, he successfully represented Karl Rove in the Special Counsel investigation of a leak of the identity of a CIA officer and a Member of Congress in the investigations arising out of the prosecution of lobbyist Jack Abramoff.
Mr. Luskin also has extensive experience in developing corporate compliance programs, and representing individuals and corporations in matters involving parallel criminal, civil and administrative proceedings. He developed and administers a compliance program for a major international labor union under the terms of an agreement with the DOJ. He also has special expertise in civil and criminal actions under the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, and currently represents some of the largest companies in Europe in matters before the DOJ and the Securities and Exchange Commission.
From 1980 to 1982, he was Special Counsel to the Organized Crime and Racketeering Section of the U.S. Department of Justice, where he was responsible for legal and policy issues concerning the Organized Crime Strike Forces, as well as supervision and review of complex undercover operations.
Mr. Luskin is a past Chairman of the Committee on RICO, Forfeitures and Alternative Remedies of the American Bar Association Criminal Justice Section, former President of the Harvard Law School Association of the District of Columbia and has been a member of the D.C. Circuit Judicial Conference. He is a Lecturer at the University of Virginia School of Law, where he has taught courses in advanced criminal law and labor racketeering, and is a member of the faculty of the National Institute for Trial Advocacy at the Georgetown University Law Center.
Mr. Luskin received his law degree magna cum laude from Harvard Law School in 1979, where he was an Editor of the Harvard Law Review, Vol. 90 and Supreme Court Note Editor, Vol. 91. While at Harvard, Mr. Luskin served as a Teaching Fellow for Prof. Archibald Cox in the Faculty of Arts and Sciences and for Prof. Richard E. Neustadt at the John F. Kennedy School of Government. In 1984, Mr. Luskin took a leave of absence to serve as a Senior Speechwriter on the staff of Democratic Vice Presidential Candidate Geraldine A. Ferraro.
Representative Matters:
United States v. Aguilar , 515 U.S. 593 (1995) (representing U.S. District Judge). Laborers’ International Union of North America, International Brotherhood of Teamsters, International Union of Operating Engineers (developing compliance programs). County of Orange v. Bezaire , 11 Cal.Rptr.3d 478 (Cal. Cat. App. 4th Dist., March 26, 2004) (successful representation on appeal of Orange County Assessor in constitutional tax case involving $5-8 billion).
Professional Affiliations:
RICO, Forfeitures, and Alternative Remedies Committee, Criminal Justice Section, ABA, former chairman
Joint Government-ABA Forfeiture Committee, co-chairman
Harvard Law School Association of the District of Columbia, former president
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