He is admitted to practice before the Supreme Court of Florida, the United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida, the United States Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit and the United States Supreme Court. He has appeared pro hac vice in other jurisdictions.
Mr. Funk is a Florida Board Certified Criminal Trial Attorney. Further, he has been selected to serve, as one of only nine Florida attorneys, on the Florida Bar's Board Certification Committee for Criminal Trial Law. Mr. Funk is a LIFE Member of the Florida Association of Criminal Defense Attorneys and previously sat on its Board of Directors. Additionally, he is a member of the International Criminal Defense Attorney Association, International Criminal Bar and is on the list of approved defense counsel to appear in the International Criminal Court in The Hague, Netherlands and in the Extraordinary Chambers for the Courts of Cambodia. He is a member of the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, the American Association for Justice, the American Bar Association and is a former member of the Vassar B. Carlton American Inn of Court and Board of Directors Member of the Children's Home Society. Currently, he is a shareholder in Funk, Szachacz and Diamond, LLC in Florida. Mr. Funk was named to the list of Legal Elite for Florida Lawyers in 2007 by Florida Trend Magazine.
Mr. Funk has been counsel of record in thousands of criminal cases. Mr. Funk and Mr. Szachacz represented 'The Black Widow,' a woman accused of murdering her husband, and a United States Postal Worker accused of theft of United States Mail. Mr. Funk and Mr. Diamond represented a NASA Space Shuttle quality assurance specialist who was indicted for 166 counts of fraud by the United States Government. Mr. Funk has appeared and argued before the Florida Supreme Court on behalf of a defendant sentenced to death. Mr. Funk and the firm have conducted numerous jury trials, representing citizens accused of rape, lewd and lascivious acts, arson, murder, theft, DUI, murder-for-hire, drug trafficking and others. Mr. Funk has also represented victims of medical malpractice and nursing home abuse.
Mr. Funk is a frequent guest and commentator on a variety of legal issues. He writes an international criminal law column for Defender magazine and is a frequent guest on Court TV and truTV. His appearances include analyses of trials with Johnnie Cochran on Johnnie Cochran Tonight, with Nancy Grace on Pros and Cons, with Jami Floyd on Best Defense, with Ashleigh Banfield on Courtside, with Catherine Crier on Live, and with hosts Fred Graham, Diane Diamond, Roger Cossack, Amanda Grove and Jack Ford on Open Court. He has also appeared on ABC news with '20/20' correspondent Jim Avila. His trial analyses have included the cases of former NBA star Jason Williams, Scott Peterson, O.J. Simpson, novelist Michael Peterson and Michael Skakel. Additionally, his cases have been featured in Marie Claire magazine, CourtRadio and hundreds of newspapers throughout the world. His defense in the Pennsylvania lesbian murder trial he conducted is highlighted in an episode of Forensic Files- 'Cries Unheard' and is the subject of the novel Lipstick and Blood by John Kearney.