Background
Judge Marcus was born and raised in New York City.
Judge Marcus was born and raised in New York City.
Marcus studied at Queens College. He earned his law degree from the Harvard Law School in 1971.
Marcus also served on active duty in the United States. Army in 1969, and served in the Army Reserve through 1974.
He became an assistant United States. attorney in Brooklyn in 1975, and in 1978 was assigned to the United States. Attorney"s office in Detroit as Deputy Chief of the "Detroit Strike Force," which investigated organized crime in Michigan.
In 1980, Marcus was appointed the Chief of the Detroit Strike Force, Organized Crime and Racketeering Section of the United States. Department of Justice. In 1982, Marcus left Detroit and became United States. Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, in Miami.
Marcus was nominated on June 20, 1985 by President Reagan to a newly created district judge seat at the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida. He was confirmed by the United States. Senate on July 16, 1985 and was sworn in on August 16, 1985, according to a September 26, 1997 article in the Fort Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel.
President Clinton nominated Marcus to the Eleventh Circuit on September 25, 1997, after a previous Clinton nominee for the seat, Charles "Bud" Stack, had withdrawn his name from consideration after his background was raised as an issue by Bob Dole during the 1996 presidential election.
Even though the United States. Senate at that time was controlled by Republicans, Marcus" nomination was considered to be very uncontroversial. The United States. Senate Judiciary Committee unanimously voted in favor of Marcus" nomination on November 6, 1997, and the full Senate unanimously confirmed him on November 7, 1997. "I"m deeply honored," Marcus told the Miami Herald in a brief interview in an article that appeared on November 8, 1997.
Judge Marcus is a member of the Judicial Conference Committee on Federal-State Jurisdiction and has been the committee"s chairman since 1992.