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Practice Areas
- Business Law
- Criminal Law
Additional Practice Areas
- General Civil
- Litigation
- White Collar Crime Government Investigations
Jurisdictions Admitted to Practice
- California
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- Mr. McGahan is admitted to practice in California.
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Professional Experience
- Partner
- Goodwin Procter LLP
- Current
- Current
- #longPEBdisplay:none;As an AUSA, Mr. McGahan represented the United States in criminal proceedings at trial and in the court of appeals. Notably, he served as one of the lead prosecutors in the grand jury investigation of and post-indictment proceedings against a prominent class action law firm for paying illegal kickbacks and obstructing justice in United States v. Milberg Weiss LLP, et al., a case which one leading financial newspaper described as “a watershed moment in the history of the U.S. legal system.” The case resulted in eight convictions, including four senior partners of Milberg Weiss. See United States v. Melvyn I. Weiss; United States v. William S. Lerach, United States v. David J. Bershad; and United States v. Steven G. Schulman. Mr. McGahan also served as a Special Assistant United States Attorney in the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, and led the investigation and prosecution of an expert witness who repeatedly committed perjury in connection with class action cases brought by Milberg Weiss and other law firms. See United States v. John B. Torkelsen. In addition, Mr. McGahan prosecuted securities brokers in a penny-stock “pump-and-dump” scheme; prosecuted an internet auction and bank fraud case; prosecuted a government program fraud case involving the United States Department of Agriculture food stamp program; and briefed and argued numerous cases in the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. He also served as Acting Deputy Chief...more »As an AUSA, Mr. McGahan represented the United States in criminal proceedings at trial and in the court of appeals. Notably, he served as one of the lead prosecutors in the grand jury investigation of and post-indictment proceedings against a prominent class action law firm for paying illegal kickbacks and obstructing justice in United States v. Milberg Weiss LLP, et al., a case which one leading financial newspaper described as “a watershed moment in the history of the U.S. legal system.” The case resulted in eight convictions, including four senior partners of Milberg Weiss. See United States v. Melvyn I. Weiss; United States v. William S. Lerach, United States v. David J. Bershad; and United States v. Steven G. Schulman. Mr. McGahan also served as a Special Assistant United States Attorney in the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, and led the investigation and prosecution of an expert witness who repeatedly committed perjury in connection with class action cases brought by Milberg Weiss and other law firms. See United States v. John B. Torkelsen. In addition, Mr. McGahan prosecuted securities brokers in a penny-stock “pump-and-dump” scheme; prosecuted an internet auction and bank fraud case; prosecuted a government program fraud case involving the United States Department of Agriculture food stamp program; and briefed and argued numerous cases in the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. He also served as Acting Deputy Chief for the Major Frauds Section.Prior to his joining the United States Attorney’s Office, Mr. McGahan was a partner in the Los Angeles office of Bird Marella Boxer Wolpert, P.C., an associate in the Washington, D.C. office of Skadden Arps Slate Meagher Flom and an associate in the Washington, D.C. firm of Miller Cassidy Larroca Lewin LLP. Following law school, he served as a law clerk to the Honorable Thomas Penfield Jackson of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia.Before entering law school, Mr. McGahan served as an M1A1 tank company executive officer and tank platoon leader in the United States Army in the Federal Republic of Germany. less »
Education
- Georgetown University Law Center
- J.D.
- magna cum laude, Order of the Coif
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- Harvard University
- M.A.
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- University of California at Berkeley
- A.B.
- with distinction
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