Marc Korman

Marc Korman (born September 21, 1981) is an American politician from Maryland and a member of the Democratic Party. He currently serves in the Maryland House of Delegates, representing District 16 (Bethesda, Cabin John, Glen Echo; parts of Potomac, Rockville and Chevy Chase).

Education and Background

Delegate Korman was born and raised in Rockville, MD, graduating from Richard Montgomery High School in 1998.^[1] Korman went on to attend the University of Southern California, where he graduated with a degree in history. While in California, Korman began working for Congressman Brad Sherman as a legislative aide. He eventually transferred to Sherman's Washington, DC office, allowing for a return to Montgomery County. While working on Capitol Hill (under Sherman, and beginning in 2005, under U.S. Representative Brian Baird of Washington), Korman received a M.A. in government from Johns Hopkins University and a J.D. from the University of Maryland School of Law.^[2]

In the Legislature

Korman was elected to the House of Delegates in 2014.^[3] In the opening weeks of his first legislative session, Korman introduced legislation requiring the State Highway Administration to provide more notice of sidewalk closures when they issue a permit allowing their closure, a bill that would change the state's existing definition of stored power to include power stored from renewable sources like wind and solar, and a bill requiring the Maryland Department of Transportation to work with the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority ("WMATA") on a detailed ridership study.^[4][5]

Personal life

Korman works as a lawyer at Sidley Austin in Washington, D.C.^[6] His areas of focus include communications and transportation.

He and his wife, Rebecca, have one son. They live in Bethesda.

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