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e-mail: bobby.zirkin@senate.state.md.us
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Member of House of Delegates, January 13, 1999 to January 10, 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.

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; State Advisory Board for Juvenile Services, 2007-. Chair, Task Force to Study Group-Home Education and Placement Practices, 2007-.

Born in Davis, California, April 24, 1971. Attended Baltimore County public schools; Pikesville High School; London School of Economics, American University of Brussels, 1992; The Johns Hopkins University, B.A. (political science), 1993; Georgetown University Law Center, J.D., 1998. Admitted to Maryland Bar, 2000. 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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