Markenzy Lapointe, who served as U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Florida
from January 2023 through January 2025, has joined the National Association of
Former United States Attorneys (NAFUSA) as a lifetime member. He was nominated by
President Biden in September 2022 and confirmed by the Senate in December. He
earned his J.D. from the Florida State University College of Law in 1999 and began his
legal career as a law clerk to Florida Supreme Court Justice Harry Lee Anstead.

Markenzy served as an Assistant U.S. Attorney in the Southern District of Florida from
2002 to 2006 before becoming a partner at Boies Schiller Flexner LLP and later at
Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, LLP. After his tenure as U.S. Attorney, he returned to
Pillsbury, where he is currently a partner in the firm’s Miami office.