Vincent Marella is a founding partner of the firm, and has more than 30 years of experience representing clients in federal criminal prosecutions and related complex civil litigation.
A Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers, Vince represents corporations and individuals in grand jury investigations and post-indictment proceedings with a particular emphasis on representing high-level corporate officers and executives in criminal prosecutions, and parallel administrative and civil actions. Vince formerly was the National Chairman of the American Bar Association’s Committee on White Collar Crime, and founded and served as chair of its west coast subcommittee. He also served on the council of the ABA’s Criminal Justice Section (1997 – 2000).
Vince has been recognized as being one of the foremost white-collar criminal defense lawyers in the nation. He has been named one of the best criminal defense lawyers in the country in the publication The Best Lawyers In America every year since the inception of that publication in 1984. Vince has also been recognized as one of America’s leading lawyers in the publication Chambers USA, America’s Leading Lawyers in Business and, in 2011 was honored by Chambers as a “Senior Statesman” and trial lawyer. Vince was also named one of California’s leading business lawyers by California Lawyer Magazine in an article entitled “Best in the West” (August 2004) as well as recognized in the Guide to the World’s Leading White Collar Crime Lawyers, published by Euromoney Publications, Plc, London.
Among his numerous notable cases, Vince tried the largest federal tax case in the District of Hawaii, and represented an international corporation and its chief executive officer in the largest federal criminal tax case in the nation. In addition, Vince has successfully represented chief executive officers, general counsel, chief financial officers and employees of major corporations in cases involving allegations of securities fraud, antitrust, health care fraud, customs fraud, embargo violations, as well as tax, mail and wire fraud. Vince has also conducted internal investigations, both in the U.S. and abroad, for many publicly held corporations as well as represented companies and their boards of directors in civil, criminal and regulatory actions.
Southern California Super Lawyers, Los Angeles Magazine, 2004-present
Top 100 Southern California Super Lawyers, Los Angeles Magazine, 2005, 2007, 2009
California’s Leading Business Lawyers, White Collar Defense, “Best in the West,” California Magazine, 2004
Best Lawyers in America, Criminal Defense: White-Collar, Best Lawyers®, 1983-present
America’s Leading Lawyers, Chambers USA
Senior Statesman, Chambers and Partners USA, 2011, 2014-2016, 2017-2019
Listed, “Guide to the World’s Leading White Collar Crime Lawyers,” International Financial Law Review, 1998
Bird Marella is proud to announce the inclusion of 20 lawyers in the 2023 edition of Best Lawyers in America® and Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch by U.S. News. Benjamin Gluck was recognized as “Lawyer of the Year” for Health Care Law, and Ariel Neuman was recognized as “Lawyer of ...
For the past twenty years, Bird Marella attorneys have been consecutively recognized as top rated attorneys among the Southern California Super Lawyers list. The firm is proud of its reputation for providing distinguished lawyers that are not only well-respected by the bench, but also its peers. Congratulations to the principals selected for ...
Bird Marella is proud to announce its inclusion in the 2022 edition of Best Lawyers in America® and Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch by U.S. News. Nearly half of the firm’s entire roster of attorneys have been recognized and selected by their peers as outstanding attorneys in their respective areas of expertise. The Best Lawyers in America (2022 Edition) Terry W. Bird ...
Bird Marella is honored to recognize the attorneys who have been selected for inclusion in the 2021 Southern California Super Lawyers list: Sharon Ben-Shahar Mayer Terry W. Bird Joel E. Boxer Paul S. Chan Mark T. Drooks Thomas R. Freeman Benjamin N. Gluck (Top 100) Gary S. Lincenberg Vincent J. Marella Ronald ...
Bird Marella is proud to announce that 18 of the firm’s attorneys have been recognized and selected by their peers for inclusion in the 2021 edition of Best Lawyers in America and Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch. Sharon Ben-Shahar Mayer – Criminal Defense: White-Collar Terry W. Bird – Commercial Litigation, ...
Bird Marella is honored to recognize the attorneys who have been selected for inclusion in the 2020 Southern California Super Lawyers list: Terry W. Bird Joel E. Boxer Paul S. Chan Mark T. Drooks Thomas R. Freeman Benjamin N. Gluck Gary S. Lincenberg – Criminal Defense: White Collar (Top 100) Vincent J. ...
Bird Marella is proud to announce that 14 of the firm’s attorneys have been recognized and selected by their peers for inclusion in the 2020 edition of Best Lawyers in America. In addition, principals Joel Boxer and Paul Chan were honored with the “Lawyer of the Year” award for their ...
Chambers and Partners, widely regarded as one of the primary arbiters of achievement in the legal profession, has named Bird Marella among the top litigation firms in the nation with a ranking in “Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations” and a ranking in “Litigation: General Commercial.” Eight Bird Marella principals ...
Bird Marella is proud to recognize the attorneys who have been selected for inclusion in the 2019 Southern California Super Lawyers list: Terry W. Bird – Criminal Defense: White Collar, Business Litigation, Civil Litigation Joel E. Boxer – Business Litigation, Estate & Trust Litigation Paul S. Chan – Business Litigation, ...
14 Bird Marella principals have been recognized and selected by their peers for inclusion in the 2019 edition of Best Lawyers in America. Best Lawyers is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey in which more than 50,000 leading attorneys cast nearly 5 million votes on the legal abilities of other ...
Co-Author, “Tougher Standards for Changing Times: Sarbanes-Oxley, The SEC and The NYSE Create Significant Requirements for Audit Committees,” ABA National Institute on White Collar Crime, 2005
Co-Author, “The Prosecution’s Obligations To Disclose Witness Proffers,” ABA National Institute on White Collar Crime, 2001
Co-Author, “Issues & Strategies in Defending Criminal Environmental Cases,” ABA National Institute on White Collar Crime, 1995
Co-Author, “West’s California Criminal Law,” West Publishing Co., 1995
Co-Author, “Rough Remedial Justice: Implications of Halper and Austin in Civil Forfeiture Actions,” ABA National Institute on Criminal Tax Fraud and Money Laundering, 1993
Co-Author, “Motions to Disqualify,” ABA Symposium on Criminal Prosecutions in the 90s, 1993
Co-Author, “A Primer On Federal Environmental Crimes,” Criminal Law News, 1993
Author, “The Department of Justice Prosecutive Guidelines in Environmental Cases Involving Voluntary Disclosure — a Leap Forward or a Leap of Faith?” 29 Am. Cr. L. Rev. 1179, 1992
Author, ”The Defense of Environmental Cases,” ABA National Institute on White Collar Crime, 1991
Co-Author, “The Joint Defense Privilege and White Collar Criminal Representation,” ABA Publication, White Collar Crime National Institute, 1991
Author, “Administrative and Grand Jury Criminal Tax Investigations,” NYU School of Continuing Education, Symposium on Tax Practice & Procedures, 1989
Co-Author, “Preserving Confidentiality in Corporate Criminal Internal Investigations,” Corporate Criminal Liability Reporter, 1987
Co-Author, “The Corporate Criminal Investigation,” Corporate Criminal Liability Reporter, 1986
Author, “Ninth Circuit Review—The Defense of Discriminatory Prosecution: United States v. Scott and United States v. Oaks,” 9 Loyola Law Review 419, 1976
Author, “Ninth Circuit Review—The Insanity Defense: United States v. Hartfield and United States v. McGraw,” 9 Loyola Law Review 419, 1976
Author, “Introduction to Ninth Circuit Review of Criminal Cases,” 9 Loyola Law Review 419, 1976
Vincent Marella is a founding partner of the firm, and has more than 30 years of experience representing clients in federal criminal prosecutions and related complex civil litigation.
A Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers, Vince represents corporations and individuals in grand jury investigations and post-indictment proceedings with a particular emphasis on representing high-level corporate officers and executives in criminal prosecutions, and parallel administrative and civil actions. Vince formerly was the National Chairman of the American Bar Association’s Committee on White Collar Crime, and founded and served as chair of its west coast subcommittee. He also served on the council of the ABA’s Criminal Justice Section (1997 – 2000).
Vince has been recognized as being one of the foremost white-collar criminal defense lawyers in the nation. He has been named one of the best criminal defense lawyers in the country in the publication The Best Lawyers In America every year since the inception of that publication in 1984. Vince has also been recognized as one of America’s leading lawyers in the publication Chambers USA, America’s Leading Lawyers in Business and, in 2011 was honored by Chambers as a “Senior Statesman” and trial lawyer. Vince was also named one of California’s leading business lawyers by California Lawyer Magazine in an article entitled “Best in the West” (August 2004) as well as recognized in the Guide to the World’s Leading White Collar Crime Lawyers, published by Euromoney Publications, Plc, London.
Among his numerous notable cases, Vince tried the largest federal tax case in the District of Hawaii, and represented an international corporation and its chief executive officer in the largest federal criminal tax case in the nation. In addition, Vince has successfully represented chief executive officers, general counsel, chief financial officers and employees of major corporations in cases involving allegations of securities fraud, antitrust, health care fraud, customs fraud, embargo violations, as well as tax, mail and wire fraud. Vince has also conducted internal investigations, both in the U.S. and abroad, for many publicly held corporations as well as represented companies and their boards of directors in civil, criminal and regulatory actions.
Bird Marella is proud to announce the inclusion of 20 lawyers in the 2023 edition of Best Lawyers in America® and Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch by U.S. News. Benjamin Gluck was recognized as “Lawyer of the Year” for Health Care Law, and Ariel Neuman was recognized as “Lawyer of ...
For the past twenty years, Bird Marella attorneys have been consecutively recognized as top rated attorneys among the Southern California Super Lawyers list. The firm is proud of its reputation for providing distinguished lawyers that are not only well-respected by the bench, but also its peers. Congratulations to the principals selected for ...
Bird Marella is proud to announce its inclusion in the 2022 edition of Best Lawyers in America® and Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch by U.S. News. Nearly half of the firm’s entire roster of attorneys have been recognized and selected by their peers as outstanding attorneys in their respective areas of expertise. The Best Lawyers in America (2022 Edition) Terry W. Bird ...
Bird Marella is honored to recognize the attorneys who have been selected for inclusion in the 2021 Southern California Super Lawyers list: Sharon Ben-Shahar Mayer Terry W. Bird Joel E. Boxer Paul S. Chan Mark T. Drooks Thomas R. Freeman Benjamin N. Gluck (Top 100) Gary S. Lincenberg Vincent J. Marella Ronald ...
Bird Marella is proud to announce that 18 of the firm’s attorneys have been recognized and selected by their peers for inclusion in the 2021 edition of Best Lawyers in America and Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch. Sharon Ben-Shahar Mayer – Criminal Defense: White-Collar Terry W. Bird – Commercial Litigation, ...
Bird Marella is honored to recognize the attorneys who have been selected for inclusion in the 2020 Southern California Super Lawyers list: Terry W. Bird Joel E. Boxer Paul S. Chan Mark T. Drooks Thomas R. Freeman Benjamin N. Gluck Gary S. Lincenberg – Criminal Defense: White Collar (Top 100) Vincent J. ...
Bird Marella is proud to announce that 14 of the firm’s attorneys have been recognized and selected by their peers for inclusion in the 2020 edition of Best Lawyers in America. In addition, principals Joel Boxer and Paul Chan were honored with the “Lawyer of the Year” award for their ...
Chambers and Partners, widely regarded as one of the primary arbiters of achievement in the legal profession, has named Bird Marella among the top litigation firms in the nation with a ranking in “Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations” and a ranking in “Litigation: General Commercial.” Eight Bird Marella principals ...
Bird Marella is proud to recognize the attorneys who have been selected for inclusion in the 2019 Southern California Super Lawyers list: Terry W. Bird – Criminal Defense: White Collar, Business Litigation, Civil Litigation Joel E. Boxer – Business Litigation, Estate & Trust Litigation Paul S. Chan – Business Litigation, ...
14 Bird Marella principals have been recognized and selected by their peers for inclusion in the 2019 edition of Best Lawyers in America. Best Lawyers is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey in which more than 50,000 leading attorneys cast nearly 5 million votes on the legal abilities of other ...
Co-Author, “Tougher Standards for Changing Times: Sarbanes-Oxley, The SEC and The NYSE Create Significant Requirements for Audit Committees,” ABA National Institute on White Collar Crime, 2005
Co-Author, “The Prosecution’s Obligations To Disclose Witness Proffers,” ABA National Institute on White Collar Crime, 2001
Co-Author, “Issues & Strategies in Defending Criminal Environmental Cases,” ABA National Institute on White Collar Crime, 1995
Co-Author, “West’s California Criminal Law,” West Publishing Co., 1995
Co-Author, “Rough Remedial Justice: Implications of Halper and Austin in Civil Forfeiture Actions,” ABA National Institute on Criminal Tax Fraud and Money Laundering, 1993
Co-Author, “Motions to Disqualify,” ABA Symposium on Criminal Prosecutions in the 90s, 1993
Co-Author, “A Primer On Federal Environmental Crimes,” Criminal Law News, 1993
Author, “The Department of Justice Prosecutive Guidelines in Environmental Cases Involving Voluntary Disclosure — a Leap Forward or a Leap of Faith?” 29 Am. Cr. L. Rev. 1179, 1992
Author, ”The Defense of Environmental Cases,” ABA National Institute on White Collar Crime, 1991
Co-Author, “The Joint Defense Privilege and White Collar Criminal Representation,” ABA Publication, White Collar Crime National Institute, 1991
Author, “Administrative and Grand Jury Criminal Tax Investigations,” NYU School of Continuing Education, Symposium on Tax Practice & Procedures, 1989
Co-Author, “Preserving Confidentiality in Corporate Criminal Internal Investigations,” Corporate Criminal Liability Reporter, 1987
Co-Author, “The Corporate Criminal Investigation,” Corporate Criminal Liability Reporter, 1986
Author, “Ninth Circuit Review—The Defense of Discriminatory Prosecution: United States v. Scott and United States v. Oaks,” 9 Loyola Law Review 419, 1976
Author, “Ninth Circuit Review—The Insanity Defense: United States v. Hartfield and United States v. McGraw,” 9 Loyola Law Review 419, 1976
Author, “Introduction to Ninth Circuit Review of Criminal Cases,” 9 Loyola Law Review 419, 1976