Mark C. Baker

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Mark M. Baker was an American criminal defense attorney in New York City. He was mainly known for obtaining an acquittal, with then partner Barry I. Slotnick, of New York City resident Bernhard Goetz on attempted murder and assault charges related to his shooting of four would-be muggers on a subway train in 1984. As an appellate attorney, he also represented Gambino crime family crime boss John Gotti, Sr., Genovese crime family Crime Boss Vincent Gigante, and various international political figures.