User:Domarkus/David Oscar Markus

David Oscar Markus (born November 21, 1972 in Miami, Florida) is a criminal defense trial attorney. He is best known for his gaining an acquittal, in 2009, of Dr. Ali Shaygan on 141 counts of prescribing pain medication withuot proper medical reasons, and then obtaining over $600,000 in fees and costs from the U.S. Government under the Hyde Amendment. He has also represented Gilberto Rodriguez Orejuela and Buju Banton.

Markus holds an undergraduate degree from the Emory University, graduating in 1994, and a Juris Doctor from the Harvard Law School in 1997 magna cum laude. While attending Harvard, Markus won the Ames Moot Court Competition and was named best oralist. After law school, he clerked for United States District Judge Edward B. Davis and then worked at Williams & Connolly.

Currently a partner in Markus & Markus, a Miami-based trial firm specializing in federal criminal defense, Markus also writes the popular blog, The Southern District of Florida Blog.