A counsel in the Litigation Department, Marc Price Wolf is a former federal criminal prosecutor and state civil prosecutor specializing in complex commercial litigation, white collar defense, internal investigations, and government regulatory investigations and enforcement matters.
Marc’s representations include:
- FIFA regarding the $201 million in remission from the U.S. Department of Justice as compensation for losses the organization suffered as a victim of decades of corruption schemes by former soccer officials;
- A global corporation in the successful resolution of a consumer protection lawsuit brought by a state attorney general involving allegations relating to public communications about participant compensation in an innovation service model;
- a global eDiscovery and Managed Review company in breach of contract and intellectual property disputes;
- A global financial institution in a congressional investigation, as well as separate federal and state regulatory investigations and litigation;
- Leading national housing manufacturer in merger related litigation in Delaware Chancery Court;
- National retail variety store in connection with its ongoing compliance with the terms of a plea agreement entered into with the U.S. Department of Justice;
- New York New Jersey World Cup 2026 Host Committee, which has named Paul, Weiss its Official Law Firm, in connection with multiple matters for the World Cup;
- the Regents of the University of California internal investigations and related litigations brought by former patients of former physicians at UC member hospitals involving allegations of inappropriate touching and sexual assault;
- A Silicon Valley-based venture capital firm in a trade secrets dispute with a former senior executive; and
- Uber in thousands of tort lawsuits in California and around the country involving the Uber ridesharing app.
Marc has extensive experience handling civil and criminal cases at the trial level in federal and state courts throughout the country. From October 2017 to October 2023, Marc served as a Deputy City Attorney at the San Francisco City Attorney’s Office where he focused on state law practice in California Superior Court. As a City Attorney, he handled a wide variety of complex civil litigation in San Francisco Superior Court ranging from public nuisance to unfair competition law to affordable housing fraud cases, among others.
Marc previously served in the Criminal Division of the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of California as an Assistant U.S. Attorney from 2015 to 2017 and as a Special Assistant U.S. Attorney from 2012 to 2014. As a federal prosecutor, Marc investigated and prosecuted criminal cases involving organized crime, narcotics violations, wire fraud and mail fraud, digital currency, and money laundering. During his tenure, Marc led three criminal jury trials and nearly a dozen misdemeanor bench trials. In addition to his prosecution work, for several years, Marc ran the Law Clerk program at the U.S. Attorney’s Office, supervising dozens of law students. Prior to his government service, Marc spent two years as an associate in private practice.
In private practice, Marc has represented clients across the technology, cryptocurrency, life sciences, consumer goods and manufacturing industries in complex federal and California state court litigation, internal investigations, states attorney general matters, and SEC and DOJ investigations and enforcement matters.
Marc maintains an active pro bono practice, serving as a Criminal Justice Act Panel Attorney in the Northern District of California where he represents criminal defendants in federal court. His pro bono representation has resulted in favorable outcomes for clients in complex matters involving political corruption and other serious felonies. Marc has also handled trial and appellate work involving constitutional violations of incarcerated persons.
