David Evan Markus (born 1973) is an American attorney, public officer, rabbi and spiritual director.
A 1994 honors graduate of Williams College[19], Markus earned his Juris Doctor with high honors from Harvard Law School[20], where he was a member of the a cappella group Scales of Justice [21], and his Masters in Public Policy from Harvard University's John F. Kennedy School of Government[22] in 2001,[1] 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[2][3][4]—work that prompted other states to explore gavel-to-gavel coverage of their governments[5][6] and for which Markus won the national Goldsmith Award.
[7] Previously Markus had served as policy assistant to environmental activist Robert F. Kennedy Jr.,[8] and as legislative director to New York State Assembly Member Sandy Galef (D-Westchester).
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,[25] [9] and the Commission on Indigent Defense Services.
[11] In 2006, Markus staffed the Transition Working Group on Government Reform for the incoming administration of New York Governor Eliot Spitzer and Lt.
Markus returned to the New York State Judiciary in early 2011, when he was named Deputy Counsel and cross-designated as Referee in Supreme Court, Ninth Judicial District.