T. Markus Funk

Now in private practice with the global law firm of White & Case, Markus served as a federal prosecutor in Chicago for more than ten years and spent two years in Kosovo as the conflict deployed USDOJ Section Chief on loan to the State Department. He taught law at Oxford University, the University of Chicago, Northwestern University, the USDOJ National Advocacy Center, and elsewhere, and was awarded the USDOJ and the State Department’s highest service awards.

During his time in public service, Markus and his team prosecuted "Operation Family Secrets," which National Public Radio lauded as "one of the most important criminal investigations . . . in American history" (the 1995 movie “Casino” was based on the charged criminal activities). At the time of his departure from the Department of Justice, the Chicago Sun-Times Markus as a "street-smart prosecutor with an Oxford pedigree."

His legal work is regularly featured in outlets such as CNBC, CNN, the New York Times, the National Law Journal, National Geographic Channel, MSNBC, and the Wall Street