# Mark Filip > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Mark_Filip > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Mark_Filip.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Filip > Source revision: 1352270165 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Short description|American judge (born 1966)}} {{Infobox officeholder |name = Mark Filip |image = Mark_Filip.jpg |caption = |office = Acting [United States Attorney General](/source/United_States_Attorney_General) |president = [Barack Obama](/source/Barack_Obama) |deputy = ''Vacant'' |term_start = January 20, 2009 |term_end = February 3, 2009 |predecessor = [Michael Mukasey](/source/Michael_Mukasey) |successor = [Eric Holder](/source/Eric_Holder) |office1 = 33rd [United States Deputy Attorney General](/source/United_States_Deputy_Attorney_General) |president1 = [George W. Bush](/source/George_W._Bush) |term_start1 = March 10, 2008 |term_end1 = January 20, 2009 |predecessor1 = [Paul McNulty](/source/Paul_McNulty) |successor1 = [David W. Ogden](/source/David_W._Ogden) |office2 = Judge of the [United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois](/source/United_States_District_Court_for_the_Northern_District_of_Illinois) |appointer2 = [George W. Bush](/source/George_W._Bush) |term_start2 = February 8, 2004 |term_end2 = March 9, 2008 |predecessor2 = [Harry Leinenweber](/source/Harry_Leinenweber) |successor2 = [Sharon Johnson Coleman](/source/Sharon_Johnson_Coleman) |birth_name = Mark Robert Filip |birth_date = {{birth date and age|1966|06|1}} |birth_place = [Chicago](/source/Chicago), [Illinois](/source/Illinois), U.S. |death_date = |death_place = |party = [Republican](/source/Republican_Party_(United_States)) |education = [University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign](/source/University_of_Illinois_at_Urbana%E2%80%93Champaign) ([BA](/source/Bachelor_of_Arts))
[Christ Church, Oxford](/source/Christ_Church%2C_Oxford) ([BA](/source/Bachelor_of_Arts))
[Harvard University](/source/Harvard_University) ([JD](/source/Juris_Doctor)) }} '''Mark Robert Filip''' (born June 1, 1966) is an American lawyer specializing in class action and white collar criminal and regulatory defense. Formerly a partner at [Skadden, Arps](/source/Skadden%2C_Arps), he currently practices in the Washington, D.C. office of [Kirkland and Ellis](/source/Kirkland_and_Ellis).{{cite web|url=https://www.kirkland.com/sitecontent.cfm?contentID=220&itemID=9711|title=Kirkland & Ellis LLP > Filip, P.C., Mark|website=www.kirkland.com}} From 2004 until 2008, Filip served as a [United States district judge](/source/United_States_federal_judge) of the [United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois](/source/United_States_District_Court_for_the_Northern_District_of_Illinois). As the [George W. Bush](/source/George_W._Bush) administration ended, Filip served as [Deputy Attorney General](/source/United_States_Deputy_Attorney_General) of the [United States](/source/United_States), and as the [Barack Obama](/source/Barack_Obama) administration began he briefly served as acting attorney general (from January 20, 2009, to February 3, 2009). == Early life and education == Born in [Chicago](/source/Chicago), Filip attended [Maine South High School](/source/Maine_South_High_School) in [Park Ridge](/source/Park_Ridge%2C_Illinois), [Illinois](/source/Illinois), the same high school attended by [Hillary Clinton](/source/Hillary_Clinton). He graduated from the [University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign](/source/University_of_Illinois_at_Urbana-Champaign) in 1988 with [Bachelor of Arts](/source/Bachelor_of_Arts) degrees in [economics](/source/economics) and [history](/source/history), where he was a member of [Phi Kappa Psi](/source/Phi_Kappa_Psi) [fraternity](/source/Fraternities_and_sororities). After college, Filip went to England to attend [Christ Church, Oxford](/source/Christ_Church%2C_Oxford), on a [Marshall Scholarship](/source/Marshall_Scholarship). He graduated from Oxford in 1990 with a [Bachelor of Arts](/source/Bachelor_of_Arts) in law with [first-class honors](/source/First-class_honours). He then attended [Harvard Law School](/source/Harvard_Law_School),{{cite web |author = Staff reporter |title = Bush Appointees Holding Down the Fort While Obama Nominees Await Confirmation |publisher = FOX News |date = 2009-01-21 |url = http://www.foxnews.com/politics/first100days/2009/01/21/bush-appointees-holding-fort-obama-nominees-await-confirmation |access-date = 2009-02-04 |quote = While Holder waits for his confirmation, Bush appointee Mark Filip is acting attorney general. A former U.S. District Court judge in Illinois, the native Chicagoan holds a law degree from Harvard and was a lecturer at the University of Chicago Law School. Holder was supposed to have faced a confirmation vote on Wednesday, but scheduling conflicts necessitated a delay in the Senate. |url-status = dead |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20090212182638/http://www.foxnews.com/politics/first100days/2009/01/21/bush-appointees-holding-fort-obama-nominees-await-confirmation/ |archive-date = 2009-02-12 }} where he received his [Juris Doctor](/source/Juris_Doctor), ''[magna cum laude](/source/Latin_honors)'', in 1992 and was an editor of the ''[Harvard Law Review](/source/Harvard_Law_Review)''."[http://www.usdoj.gov/ag/ Acting Attorney General Mark Filip]." United States Department of Justice. 20 January 2009. (Archived by WebCite at) After law school, Filip served as a [law clerk](/source/law_clerk) to the Judge [Stephen F. Williams](/source/Stephen_F._Williams) of the [United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit](/source/United_States_Court_of_Appeals_for_the_District_of_Columbia_Circuit) from 1992 until 1993 and then for Justice [Antonin Scalia](/source/Antonin_Scalia) of the [Supreme Court](/source/Supreme_Court_of_the_United_States) from 1993 until 1994.{{cite web|url=https://www.fjc.gov/history/judges/filip-mark-r.|title=Filip, Mark R. - Federal Judicial Center|website=www.fjc.gov}} == Professional career == Filip worked in private legal practice as an associate at [Kirkland & Ellis](/source/Kirkland_%26_Ellis) from 1994 until 1995.{{cite web|url=http://www.wtopnews.com/?nid=116&sid=1304964|title=WTOP: Washington, DC's Top News, Traffic, and Weather|website=WTOP}} He then worked as an [Assistant United States Attorney](/source/Assistant_United_States_Attorney) in Chicago from 1995 to 1999. In that position he prosecuted cases in the trial and appellate courts involving a variety of offenses—including violent crimes, political, judicial, and police corruption, health care fraud, and international narcotics trafficking. While an AUSA, Filip received a [Department of Justice](/source/United_States_Department_of_Justice) Director's Award for Superior Performance as an Assistant U.S. Attorney. Following his service at the U.S. Attorney's Office, Filip was a partner in the Chicago office of [Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom](/source/Skadden%2C_Arps%2C_Slate%2C_Meagher_%26_Flom) from 1999 until 2004. There, he practiced in a variety of areas of [civil law](/source/Civil_law_(common_law)) and [criminal law](/source/criminal_law), and also had a number of [pro bono](/source/pro_bono) cases, including several cases representing indigent defendants in connection with the Federal Defender's Office in Chicago. Filip now is a partner in the Chicago office of [Kirkland & Ellis](/source/Kirkland_%26_Ellis). == Federal judicial service == On April 28, 2003, Filip was nominated by President Bush to be a United States District Court judge for the [Northern District of Illinois](/source/United_States_District_Court_for_the_Northern_District_of_Illinois), to a seat vacated by [Harry Leinenweber](/source/Harry_Leinenweber). On February 4, 2004, the [United States Senate](/source/United_States_Senate) confirmed his nomination by a 96–0 vote.{{cite web|url=https://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_votes/vote1082/vote_108_2_00008.htm|title=On the Nomination (Confirmation Mark R. Filip, of Illinois, To Be U. S. District Judge)|website=Senate.gov|date=February 4, 2004|access-date=April 19, 2023}} He received his commission on February 8, 2004 and was sworn into office in March 2004. As a judge, he presided over numerous cases involving criminal, [antitrust](/source/antitrust), [securities fraud](/source/securities_fraud), [immigration](/source/immigration) and other matters. Filip has taught for many years at the [University of Chicago Law School](/source/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](/source/civil_procedure). Filip resigned on March 9, 2008 to accept his role as the [United States Deputy Attorney General](/source/United_States_Deputy_Attorney_General). == Deputy attorney general and acting attorney general == Filip was unanimously confirmed by the [United States Senate](/source/United_States_Senate) on March 3, 2008, and he was sworn in as deputy attorney general on March 10, 2008. On August 28, 2008, Filip issued a memo regarding federal prosecution of business organizations,{{Cite news |last=Filip |first=Mark |date=August 28, 2008 |title=Principles of Federal Prosecution of Business Organizations |pages=1 |work=U. S. Department of Justice Office of the Deputy Attorney General Memorandum |url=https://www.justice.gov/sites/default/files/dag/legacy/2008/11/03/dag-memo-08282008.pdf}} which reversed the Justice Department's aggressive policy of pursuing white collar crime. This came in the midst of a controversial case against KPMG,{{Cite news |last=Efrati |first=Evan Perez and Amir |date=2008-08-29 |title=U.S. Pares Its Arsenal in White-Collar Crime Fight |language=en-US |work=Wall Street Journal |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB121993073286679655 |access-date=2022-07-04 |issn=0099-9660}} one of the [Big Four](/source/Big_Four_accounting_firms) accounting firms, for abetting [AIG Financial Products](/source/AIG_Financial_Products) in fraudulent transactions that would eventually contribute to the [2008 financial crisis](/source/2008_financial_crisis). Filip was asked to assume the position of acting attorney general by then president-elect Obama.{{cite web | author = Staff reporter | title = Obama asks U.S. Attorneys to stay 'for the time being' | publisher = CNN Political Ticker | date = 2009-01-15 | url = http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2009/01/14/obama-asks-us-attorneys-to-stay-for-the-time-being/ | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20090126213230/http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2009/01/14/obama-asks-us-attorneys-to-stay-for-the-time-being/ | url-status = dead | archive-date = January 26, 2009 | format = | access-date = 2009-01-21 | quote = In addition, Obama's transition team has asked current Deputy Attorney General Mark Filip, also a Bush appointee, to serve as Acting Attorney General replacing outgoing Attorney General Michael Mukasey. }}) Filip led the department while President Obama's nominee, then attorney-general designate [Eric Holder](/source/Eric_Holder), awaited confirmation by the [United States Senate](/source/United_States_Senate). Holder was confirmed on February 2, 2009,{{cite news | author = Staff reporter | title = Obama attorney-general confirmed | work = BBC News | date = 2009-02-03 | url = https://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/7866427.stm | access-date = 2009-02-03 | quote = President Barack Obama's choice for attorney-general, Eric Holder, has been confirmed in the post by the US Senate. }} and sworn in the next day{{cite web | author = Staff | title = USDOJ: Office of the Attorney General | publisher = US Department of Justice | date = n.d. | url = http://www.usdoj.gov/ag/ | format = | access-date = 2009-02-03 | quote = Eric H. Holder Jr. was sworn in as the 82nd Attorney General of the United States on February 3, 2009 by Vice-President Joe Biden. President Barack Obama announced his intention to nominate Mr. Holder on December 1, 2008. }} thus ending Filip's tenure as the acting attorney general. == See also == * [List of law clerks of the Supreme Court of the United States (Seat 9)](/source/List_of_law_clerks_of_the_Supreme_Court_of_the_United_States_(Seat_9)) == References == {{Reflist}} ==External links== {{USGovernment|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090203224124/http://www.usdoj.gov/ag/|archive-date=2009-02-03|url=http://www.usdoj.gov/ag/|title=Acting Attorney General Mark Filip}} *{{FJC Bio|nid=1392081}} *[http://www.kirkland.com/sitecontent.cfm?contentID=220&itemID=9711 Kirkland biography] *[https://georgewbush-whitehouse.archives.gov/news/nominations/500.html Presidential Nomination: Mark Robert Filip] *{{C-SPAN|1026604}} {{s-start}} {{s-legal}} {{s-bef|before=[Harry Leinenweber](/source/Harry_Leinenweber)}} {{s-ttl|title={{nowrap|Judge of the [United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois](/source/United_States_District_Court_for_the_Northern_District_of_Illinois)}}|years=2004–2008}} {{s-aft|after=[Sharon Johnson Coleman](/source/Sharon_Johnson_Coleman)}} |- {{s-bef|before=[Craig S. 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