Born Mark John Geragos on October 5, 1957, he is a criminal defense lawyer from Los Angeles, California. He graduated from Haverford College in 1979 and received his Juris Doctor from Loyola Law School in 1982. A year later, he was admitted to the California State Bar and is currently the managing associate at The Law Offices of Geragos and Geragos, an LA-based 13-person law firm.

Mark Geragos, who is an Armenian-American, has a close relationship with his Armenian community earning him recognition from the Armenian National Committee of America. He is associated with the Advisory Committee of Birthright America, serving as its chairman of Armenian Bone Marrow Donor Registry. He is also affiliated with the ministry of the Armenian community. Furthermore, he has been an Armenia Fund International Board of Trustees member since 2006.

Mark Geragos was among the top attorneys in a pair of federal class action court cases against the AXA and New York Life Insurance for insurance policies released in the early 20th century, at the time of the Armenian Genocide of more than 1.5 million Armenians. The lawsuits settled for about $37.5 million in 2004 and 2005.

Since he is an exceptional lawyer, he is noted for defending the music industry’s King of Pop, the late Michael Jackson, who was accused of child molestation. Likewise, he represented renowned Academy Award-nominated actress Winona Ryder on charges of thievery of over $5,500 worth of goods from a Beverly Hills store. Mark Geragos also defended politician Gary Condit as well as Susan McDougal, who was involved in the Whitewater political controversy.

Mark Geragos is currently defending the brothers Kulbir and Paul Dhaliwal, who were injured after a tiger escaped in the San Francisco Zoo. He also represented R&B singer and actor Chris Brown, who was accused of assaulting his fellow R&B recording artist and ex-girlfriend Rihanna. At present, he is supporting the family of famous Kill Bill villain David Carradine with regard to the investigation of his strange death.