Megan DeMarco

Megan DeMarco is a seasoned investigator, experienced litigator, and skilled oral and written advocate. As a former state and federal prosecutor, she has investigated and litigated complex criminal matters at both the trial and appellate levels. As an Assistant United States Attorney in the Northern District of Illinois for almost five years, she led high‑stakes investigations involving public corruption, financial fraud, and domestic and international money laundering. She tried seven jury trials to verdict in federal district court and briefed and argued multiple cases before the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals. She was assigned most recently to the Public Corruption and Organized Crime Unit of the U.S. Attorney’s Office. Megan also served as the Office’s District Election Officer, working with federal, state, and local stakeholders to protect the election process from threats and interference. She also served on the Northern District of Illinois’s SOAR pretrial diversion court, assisting individuals charged with felonies to achieve dismissal of their pending cases or reduced sentences.

Megan previously served as an Assistant District Attorney in the Appeals Bureau of the New York County District Attorney’s Office, where she authored dozens of appellate briefs and argued more than 30 cases before New York’s appellate courts. She clerked for the Honorable Manish S. Shah of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, and earned her J.D. from the University of Michigan Law School, where she served as Editor-in-Chief of the Michigan Law Review.