David Markus

David Evan Markus (born 1973) is an American attorney, public officer, rabbi and spiritual director. He currently serves as Deputy Chief Counsel in the New York State Judiciary, Judicial Referee in New York Supreme Court, co-chair of ALEPH: Alliance for Jewish Renewal, and co-rabbi of Temple Beth-El of City Island (New York City, New York). Markus formerly served as Special Counsel to the New York State Senate Majority. A leader of Jewish Renewal, Markus resides in Westchester County, New York.

Sometimes, David Evan Markus is confused with David Oscar Markus, an attorney in Miami who also graduated from Harvard Law School.

A 1994 honors graduate of Williams College[22], Markus earned his Juris Doctor with high honors from Harvard Law School[23], where he was a member of the a cappella group Scales of Justice [24], and his Masters in Public Policy from Harvard University's John F. Kennedy School of Government[25] in 2001, which awarded Markus the Wilmers Fellowship for State and Local Government. While still a student, Harvard designated Markus an "Innovator in Public Service" for his work to improve legislative processes and government transparency using state-level C-SPAN public affairs systems—work that prompted other states to explore gavel-to-gavel coverage of their governments and for which Markus won the national Goldsmith Award. Previously Markus had served as policy assistant to environmental activist Robert F. Kennedy Jr., and as legislative director to New York State Assembly Member Sandy Galef (D-Westchester).

In 2001, after passing the New York Bar, Markus was appointed Law Clerk to New York Court of Appeals[26] Associate Judge Albert M. Rosenblatt [27]. He then was appointed Special Counsel for Programs and Policy under Chief Judges Judith Kaye and Jonathan Lippman. In this role, Markus helped guide the Judiciary's legislative program to reform New York's civil and criminal justice systems, as well as numerous blue-ribbon panels including the Special Commission on the Future of the New York State Courts,[28] and the Commission on Indigent Defense Services. During this time, Markus also successfully represented the Judiciary in high-profile constitutional litigation.

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