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Marc D. Falkoff
Northern District of Illinois
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Expertise
- Civil Rights
- Criminal Law
- Criminal Procedure
- Federal Courts
- Habeas Corpus
- Post-Conviction Remedies
Jurisdictions Admitted to Practice
- District of Columbia
- District of Columbia Bar
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- Illinois
- Supreme Court of Illinois
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- New York
- New York State Office of Court Administration
- ID Number: 4072849
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- 7th Circuit
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- 10th Circuit
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- D.C. Circuit
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- U.S. District Court, District of Columbia
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- U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York
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- U.S. Supreme Court
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- United States District Court, Eastern District of New York
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- United States District Court, Northern District of Illinois
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Languages
- English: Spoken, Written
Professional Experience
- Criminal Justice Act Panel Attorney
- Northern District of Illinois
- - Current
- Professor of Law & Director of NIU Prisoners' Rights Project
- Northern Illinois University College of Law
- - Current
- Associate Dean for Academic Affairs (2015-2020, interim for Fall 2021), 2015 - Jan 2022; Director of Faculty Development, 2013 - 2015
- Litigation Associate
- Covington & Burling LLP
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- Special Master (Habeas Corpus)
- United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York
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- Law Clerk to the Honorable Jack B. Weinstein, 2002 - 2003
- Law Clerk to the Honorable Carlos F. Lucero
- United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
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- Adjunct Professor Of English
- Purchase College, SUNY
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Education
- Northern Illinois University
- Doctor of Education - EdD (2025) | Higher Education/Higher Education Administration
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- Columbia Law School
- J.D. (2001)
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- Honors: James Kent Scholar; Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar
- Activities: Articles Editor of Columbia Law Review. President of Student Legal Action Network. President of Public Interest Law Students Association.
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- Brandeis University
- Ph.D. (1997) | American Literature (United States)
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- Activities: Writing and Composition Instructor. Teaching Assistant for 19th-Century American Literature, Introductory Linguistics.
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- University of Michigan
- M.A. (1990) | American Literature (United States)
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- Activities: Teaching Assistant for Bible as Literature, Political Novel.
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- University of Pennsylvania
- B.A. (1988) | English, Psychology
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- Honors: Distinction in English.Grade: Cum laude. Distinction in English.
- Activities: Editor-in-Chief of Pennsylvania Punch Bowl Magazine. Research Assistant for Prof. Betsy Erkkila.
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Professional Associations
- Illinois State Bar
- Member
- - Current
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- District of Columbia
- Member
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- New York State Bar # 4072849
- Member
- - Current
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