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David Oscar Markus is a magna cum laude graduate of Harvard Law School.
The National Law Journal selected him as one of the top 40 litigators in the
country under 40 years old, and it has recognized one of his trial victories
in
federal court as one of the top ten defense verdicts in the country for
2003.
While at Harvard, he argued in front of Supreme Court Justice Anthony
Kennedy who named him best oralist. After graduating from Harvard, David
served as law clerk to the Honorable Edward B. Davis, then-Chief United
States District Judge, Southern District of Florida. Following his
clerkship, David worked as an associate at Williams & Connolly in
Washington, D.C., and then practiced as an Assistant Federal Public Defender
in Miami.
David is admitted to practice in the state courts of Florida, and numerous
federal courts including the Southern, Middle and Northern Districts of
Florida, the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals, the Federal Court of Claims,
the Federal Circuit, and the United States Supreme Court.
David is a past-president of the Florida Association of Criminal Defense
Lawyers – Miami Chapter and is the president for the Federal Bar Association
– South Florida Chapter, 2007-08. He is the Southern District of Florida's
national representative for the Criminal Justice Act Panel, and is the
vice-chair of the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyer's amicus
committee. David also used to co-author the Fourth Amendment Forum,
published in NACDL's The Champion.
David has lectured on different aspects of the criminal trial and appeal,
has taught legal writing at the University of Miami School of Law, and has
taught advanced criminal procedure at Florida International University
College of
Law. He also speaks to other criminal defense lawyers on ethics and
zealously representing criminal defendants charged with serious crimes. He
is frequently named as one of the top lawyers in Florida by the Best Lawyers
in America, South Florida Legal Guide, Florida Trend Magazine, Chambers &
Partners, and the South Florida Business Journal. David has been quoted in
publications around the country, including The Miami Herald, The
Sun-Sentinel, The Palm Beach Post, the Daily Business Review, USA Today, The
New York Times, The Wall Street Journal,
The Boston Globe, Law.com, and CNN.com. He has written opinion pieces for
the Miami Herald, and is the author of the popular Southern District of
Florida blog.
David is committed to zealously representing each and every one of his
clients
Robin Ellen Kaplan
Robin
Ellen Kaplan is a magna cum laude graduate of University of Miami School of
Law. While at the University of Miami, Robin was the Articles and Comments
Editor for the International and Comparative Law Review.
Since graduation, Robin has dedicated her legal career to complex criminal
defense litigation.
Robin is admitted in the state courts of
Florida and Massachusetts as well as the United States District Court for
the Southern District of Florida and the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals.
Robin is on the Board of Directors of the Florida Association of Criminal
Defense Lawyers-Miami Chapter.
You can email Robin
rkaplan@markuslaw.com
