Federal civil RICO and fraud case.
David Oscar Markus was brought in on the eve of trial to represent one of the defendants in this federal civil RICO and fraud case. David successfully defended the RICO count against his client, obtaining a verdict of no liability. Although the jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff on the fraud count, David and his co-counsel persuaded the district judge to enter judgment as a matter of law for the defendants and to dismiss the case. David and Mona Markus handled the appeal in the Eleventh Circuit, which resulted in a quick unanimous opinion upholding the dismissal, and a total victory for the client.