Mark Herring

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Mark Herring
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Member of the Virginia State Senate from the 33rd district
Incumbent
Assumed office 2006

Born	September 25, 1961 (1961-09-25) (age 46) Johnson City, Tennessee
Political party	Democratic
Spouse	Laura
Profession	attorney
Religion	Presbyterian

Mark R. Herring is a Democratic member of the Senate of Virginia, representing the 33rd District since a special election in 2006, winning against Republican candidate Mick Staton. His district extends from Western Fairfax County into Loudoun County. He currently serves on the following committees: General Laws and Technology; Local Government; Rehabilitation and Social Services.

Herring was educated at University of Virginia (B.A., Foreign Affairs and Economics); University of Virginia (M.A., Foreign Affairs); University of Richmond (J.D.). He served in elected office on the Loudoun County Board of Supervisors from 2000-2003, and was the Town Attorney for Lovettsville from 1992-1999. He is the principal with The Herring Law Firm, P.C., in Leesburg, Virginia. His practice includes business and corporate law, civil litigation, land use law, municipal law, wills, trusts, and estates. He is admitted to practice before the Virginia Supreme Court, United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, and United States District Court for the Eastern and Western Districts of Virginia, and United States Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern and Western Districts of Virginia.

Mark R. Herring served as counsel in the following sample of representative reported cases: Roberts v. Touchstone Dev. Corp., 58 Va. Cir. 130 (Loudoun Cir. Ct. 2002); Hahn v. J.C. Land, Inc., 48 Va. Cir. 438 (Loudoun Cir. Ct. 1999); Mountain Venture Pshp. Lovettsville II v. Town of Lovettsville, 45 Va. Cir. 60 (Loudoun Cir. Ct. 1997); Andrews v. Riggs Nat'l Bank, 40 Va. Cir. 358 (Loudoun Cir. Ct. 1996); Jefferson Nat'l Bank v. Estate of Frogale, 1996 Va. Cir. LEXIS 643 (Loudoun Cir. Ct. August 6, 1996); Alberts v. Karel Mintjens Furniture Int'l, Inc., 30 Va. Cir. 245 (Loudoun Cir. Ct. 1993); Esposito v. Conover Septic Tank Serv., 25 Va. Cir. 303 (Loudoun Cir. Ct. 1991); Esposito v. Chandler, 24 Va. Cir. 143 (Loudoun Cir. Ct. 1991).