Robert G. Morvillo ’60, a prominent New York trial lawyer who pioneered the practice of white-collar criminal defense and whose client list included colorful celebrities, powerful politicians and billionaire businessmen, died on Saturday at his home in Rockville Centre, N.Y., according to the New York Times. He was 73.
He died in his sleep while recovering from a recent operation, according to his law firm, Morvillo, Abramowitz, Grand, Iason, Anello & Bohrer.
Morvillo’s high-profile clients included Martha Stewart in her trial on obstruction-of-justice charges related to illegal stock trading; the real estate developer John A. Zaccaro, the husband of the former vice-presidential candidate Geraldine R. Ferraro, in a bribery case; and Maurice R. Greenberg, the former chief executive of American International Group, in his legal battles with the New York attorney general.
Read the complete New York Times obituary. The Reuters obituary is here.