T. Markus Funk
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401 UCB
2450 Kittredge Loop Drive
Wolf Law Building
Boulder, CO 80309
E-mail: markus.funk@colorado.edu
Markus is the former Firmwide Chair of Perkins Coie's White Collar & Investigations Practice. Prior to joining the firm, Markus served as a federal prosecutor in Chicago, Section Chief with the U.S. State Department-Balkans, law clerk with the federal court of appeals and district court, and law professor at institutions including Oxford University and the University of Chicago. He since 2010 has been the Founding Co-Chair of the ABA's Global Anti-Corruption Committee.
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 described Markus as a "street-smart prosecutor with an Oxford pedigree."
Markus, who in 2015 was named a Fellow of the American Law Institute, has the unique distinction of having received both the Department of Justice's Attorney General's Award for Nation's top trial performance and the State Department's Superior Honor Award for service to the country.
Markus has successfully tried over 25 federal and state civil and criminal jury cases, briefed and argued dozens of federal appeals throughout the country, directed more than 400 investigations, and regularly advises public and private entities and individuals on challenging ethics and compliance matters.
In addition to authoring more than 100 law-related academic and popular articles, as well as chapters on a wide variety of topics, Markus has authored a number of critically acclaimed books and guides, including Rethinking Self-Defense: The 'Ancient Right's' Rationale Disentangled (Hart Publishing, 2021); The ABA Compliance Officer Desk Book (American Bar Association, 2021); From Baksheesh to Bribery: Understanding the Global Fight Against Corruption and Graft (Oxford University Press, 2010); Child Exploitation and Human Trafficking: Examining the Global Challenges and US Responses (Rowman Littlefield, 2nd ed. 2016; co-authored with Chicago U.S. District Judge Virginia M. Kendall); The Haiti Trial Skills Manual (American Bar Association, 2012); The Darfur Trial Skills Manual (American Bar Association, 2010); The Montenegro Trial Skills Manual (DOJ, 2010); and Stemming the Suffering: Victims' Rights and the International Criminal Court (Oxford University Press, 2010). In addition, in 2014, Markus wrote Mutual Legal Assistance Treaties and Letters Rogatory: A Guide for Judges (Federal Judicial Center, 2014), which the U.S. Government has distributed to all federal judges in the country.
Markus's cases and legal analysis have been featured by outlets such as The Atlantic, CNBC, CNN, The Economist, The History Channel, Investor's Business Daily, Los Angeles Times, MSNBC, The National Law Journal, Bloomberg, National Geographic TV, The New York Times, Reuters, and The Wall Street Journal, and receives regular invitations from governments, institutions, and individuals, including the DOJ, the U.S. State Department, The World Bank, The Mayor of New York City, the American Bar Association, The University of Chicago, Northwestern University, Georgetown University, Yale Law School, and Harvard University to speak on legal issues and address lay and professional audiences.
Markus started his legal career as a law clerk to The Hon. Morris S. Arnold of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit and Chief U.S. District Judge Catherine Perry, and as a Lecturer in Law at Oxford University (where he also obtained his PhD in Law).
Courses:
| Spring 2025 | Investigating Allegations of Bribery, Human Trafficking, and Related Misconduct | LAWS 6401-801 |
| Spring 2024 | Investigating Allegations of Bribery, Human Trafficking, and Related Misconduct | LAWS 6401-801 |
| Spring 2023 | Investigating Allegations of Bribery, Human Trafficking, and Related Misconduct | LAWS 6401-801 |
| Spring 2021 | Investigating Allegations of Bribery, Human Trafficking, and Related Misconduct | LAWS 6401-801 |
| Spring 2020 | Investigating Allegations of Bribery, Human Trafficking, and Related Misconduct | LAWS 6401-801 |
| Spring 2019 | Investigating Allegations of Bribery, Human Trafficking, and Related Misconduct | LAWS 6401-801 |
| Spring 2019 | Investigating Allegations of Bribery, Human Trafficking, and Related Misconduct | LAWS 6401-902 |
| Spring 2017 | Investigating Allegations of Bribery, Human Trafficking, and Related Misconduct | LAWS 6401-001 |
| Spring 2017 | Investigating Allegations of Bribery, Human Trafficking, and Related Misconduct | LAWS 6401-902 |