Archives of Maryland
(Biographical Series)

Robert A. Zirkin
MSA SC 3520-2791

Biography:

Born in Davis, California, April 24, 1971.  Attended Baltimore County public schools; The Johns Hopkins University, B.A., political science, 1993; Georgetown University Law Center, J.D., 1998.  Admitted to the Maryland Bar, 2000.

General Assembly:
State Senate, Legislative District 11 (D), Baltimore County, 2007-.  Member, Education, Health and Environmental Affairs Committee, 2007-.

House of Delegates, Legislative District 11 (D), Baltimore County, 1999-2007.  Member, Judiciary Committee, 1999-2007 (gaming law & enforcement subcommittee, 1999-2001; criminal justice subcommittee, 2000-03; juvenile services work group, 2005-07; chair, juvenile law subcommittee, 2003-07). Chair, Education Subcommittee of Baltimore County Delegation, 2005-07. Member, Maryland Green Caucus, 1999-2007; Maryland Veterans Caucus, 2006-07.

Private Career and Other Public Service:
Member, Task Force to Study the Licensing and Monitoring of Community-Based Homes for Children, 2000-01; Task Force to Study Alternative Living Arrangements for Children in Out-of-Home Placement, 2003-04; Task Force to Study the Mentoring and Monitoring of Children in the Custody of or under the Supervision of the Department of Juvenile Services, 2003-04; Drug Treatment Court Commission, 2003-07.

Attorney. Member, Maryland State Bar Association (section of criminal law & practice; section of family & juvenile law; section of litigation law; section of solo & small firm practice; section of young lawyers); Baltimore County Bar Association. Vice-President, Resource Title, 1999-2002. Partner, Renaissance Law Firm, 2003-. Recipient, Thomas J. Watson Foundation Fellowship, 1993-94, to create European equivalent of National Collegiate Athletic Association. President, Young Democrats of Maryland, 1994-95. Speaker, Democratic Party National Convention, 1996. Legislator of the Year, American College of Emergency Medical Physicians, 2005. Legislator of the Year, Medical and Chirurgical Faculty of Maryland, 2005. Legislator of the Year, Maryland State Surgical Association, 2006.

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