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ROBERT A. (BOBBY) ZIRKIN
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, 2003-06. Chair, Task Force to Study Group-Home Education and Placement Practices, 2007-08. Member, State Advisory Board for Juvenile Services, 2007-08, 2011-; Foster Care Court-Improvement Implementation Committee, 2007-2012; Intergovernmental Work Group to Study the Effects of Representation of Indigent Defendants in the Criminal Justice System, 2010-11; Task Force on the Membership and Operation of the Baltimore County Board of Education, 2011; Task Force to Study Implementing a Civil Right to Counsel in Maryland, 2013-; Governor's Commission to Reform Maryland's Pretrial System, 2014-.
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, Law Office of Bobby A. Zirkin, 2008-. Member, Maryland State Bar Association (criminal law & practice section; family & juvenile law section; litigation law section; solo & small firm practice section; young lawyers section); Baltimore County Bar Association. 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. President's Advisory Council, Stevenson University, 2009-. 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. Certificate of Appreciation, Maryland Municipal League, 2008. Award of Special Recognition, Maryland Legal Services Corporation, 2009. Legislative Achievement Award, Maryland State Bar Association, 2009. Married; two children.
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