Markus Funk has successfully tried more than 20 federal and state civil and criminal jury cases, briefed and argued dozens of federal appeals throughout the country, directed more than 400 investigations, and argued over 500 in-court evidentiary hearings and other contested proceedings. He is a decorated former federal prosecutor in Chicago, section chief with the U.S. State Department-Balkans, and law professor at institutions including Oxford University, Northwestern, and the University of Chicago. From 2016 to 2021, he served as the firmwide chair of the firm’s White Collar & Investigations Practice.