State Senator Bobby Zirkin, A&S ‘93

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State Senator Bobby Zirkin, A&S ‘93

Member of Senate since January 10, 2007.

Born in Davis, California, April 24, 1971. Attended Baltimore County public schools; Pikesville High School, Pikesville, Maryland; 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, Maryland State Medical Society, 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.