Matthew Kluger is a disbarredIn re Matthew Kluger, District of Columbia Court of Appeals (Nov. 13, 2013) lawyer who served a 12-year sentence in federal prison for insider trading. The Bureau of Prisons Inmate Information website states that his release date was January 13, 2022.Federal Inmate Locator A graduate of the Hammonasset School, Cornell University, and NYU School of Law, Kluger is the son of Pulitzer Prize-winning writer Richard Kluger. Over 17 years, while a lawyer at the law firms Cravath, Swaine & Moore, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom, Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson, and Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, he tipped the identity of planned corporate takeover targets, allowing confederates to reap millions in profits when the proposed takeovers were announced and the stock prices increased.David Voreacos, How Wall Street Lawyer Turned Insider Trader Eluded FBI, Bloomberg Business, July 31, 2012 His sentence, which was reportedly the longest ever imposed after a guilty plea for insider trading, was affirmed by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit in 2013.Walter Pavlo, Inside Trader Matthew Kluger's 12-Year Prison Term Affirmed, Forbes.com, July 9, 2013 He explained in detail the nature of his conduct in a video interview.Lawyer: How I Committed Insider Trading, Bloomberg Law, July 31, 2012 In 2014, he gave an extensive interview with Fortune Magazine about the details of his life in prison.Daniel Roberts, Life Behind Bars: Matthew Kluger Reveals All, Fortune Magazine, July 7, 2014 His conduct was featured on an episode of the CNBC series American Greed.Bruce Carton, American Greed: Breaking Down the Kluger-Bauer-Robinson Insider Trading Scheme, Compliance Week, July 9, 2014 A motion to vacate his sentence was denied in 2018.Kluger v. United States, Civil Action No. 14-6236 (KSH) (D.N.J. Aug. 30, 2018)
Personal life Kluger is gay and has three children with a former boyfriend.
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