Clientele
A leading criminal defense firm
Marks & Brooklier has represented police officers, lawyers, doctors, and businesspersons in white-collar criminal cases, and has represented hundreds of defendants in other types of felony cases, including murder, robbery, drug and sexual assault cases.
Marks & Brooklier has represented defendants in virtually every major organized crime case prosecuted in Southern California, and has also defended numerous noteworthy clients in the entertainment business. In 1980, Marks & Brooklier was lead counsel in the "Los Angeles Mafia" case and thereafter represented an alleged mafia chief in a major RICO conspiracy case. Then, in 1987, the firm represented a client charged in the "Record Payola" case.
In 1994, the firm defended the "Hollywood Madam" Heidi Fleiss in a widely publicized state pandering case which ended in a partial mistrial and reversal on appeal, and won a substantial downward departure in her federal sentencing hearing.
The In 1999, the firm successfully represented an ex-Disney executive, whose well-known Internet sex solicitation case ultimately ended in a mistrial and a favorable disposition. During this case, the firm established the "Fantasy Defense," which has become a prominent defense in Internet sex cases since. Marks & Brooklier has represented the alleged leader of the Ventura County division of the notorious "Hell's Angels" in a large drug conspiracy case.