Victims' Rights and Advocacy at the International Criminal Court Hardcover - 2010 - 1st Edition

T. Markus Funk for the past decade has served as a federal prosecutor in Chicago, Illinois, where he currently is part of the Organized Crime and Public Corruption Section of the United States Attorney's Office. In 2008, Mr. Funk received the United States Department of Justice's Attorney General's Award (the "John Marshall Award"), the Department's highest trial performance distinction. Mr. Funk received the award for his role in the prosecution of the landmark mob-murder racketeering conspiracy known as "Operation Family Secrets."

From 2004 -2006, Mr. Funk served as the Department of Justice Resident Legal Advisor for Kosovo. In that capacity, he provided among other things, training and advice to international war crimes judges, defense attorneys, victim advocates, investigators, and prosecutors throughout the Balkans. During this time, Mr. Funk published the Kosovo Trial Skills Handbook, which remains the most cited source in Kosovo's Compilation of Applicable Criminal Laws.

For his service abroad, the United States Department of State awarded Mr. Funk the Superior Honor Award. After returning to the United States, Mr. Funk was appointed Co-Chair of the American Bar Association's Human Trafficking and Organized Crime Committee.

Prior to joining the Department of Justice, Mr. Funk spent two years as a Lecturer in Criminal Law at Oxford University (St. Catherine's College), and was a law clerk to the Honorable Morris S. Arnold, United States Court of Appeals for the 8th Circuit, and the Honorable Catherine D. Perry, United States District Court, St. Louis, Missouri.

In addition to teaching at Oxford University, Mr. Funk has taught at the University of Chicago School of Law, Northwestern University School of Law, the University of Pristina (Kosovo), the University of Arkansas at Little Rock Law School, Loyola University of Chicago, and the United States Department of Justice's National Advocacy Center.