11 Facts About Mark Filip

Mark Robert Filip was born on June 1,1966 and is an American lawyer specializing in class action and white collar criminal and regulatory defense.

From 2004 until 2008, Filip served as a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois.

Mark Filip graduated from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 1988 with Bachelor of Arts degrees in economics and history, where he was a member of Phi Kappa Psi fraternity.

Mark Filip graduated from Oxford in 1990 with a Bachelor of Arts in law with first-class honors.

Mark Filip then worked as an Assistant United States Attorney in Chicago from 1995 to 1999.

Mark Filip received his commission on February 8,2004 and was sworn into office in March 2004.

Mark Filip has taught for many years at the University of Chicago Law School, where he served from 2004 to March 2008 as the Bustin Lecturer and taught both advanced criminal law and first-year civil procedure.

Mark Filip resigned on March 9,2008 to accept his role as the United States Deputy Attorney General.

Mark Filip was unanimously confirmed by the United States Senate on March 3,2008, and he was sworn in as deputy attorney general on March 10,2008.

Mark Filip was asked to assume the position of acting attorney general by then president-elect Obama.

Mark Filip led the department while President Obama's nominee, then attorney-general designate Eric Holder, awaited confirmation by the United States Senate.