Mark Herring

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**Mark R. Herring**
Image:Herring33.jpg Member of the Virginia State Senate
State Senatorial District:	33
Political Affiliation:	Democrat
Assumed Office	2006

Mark R. Herring is a Democrat that represents the 33rd Senatorial District of Virginia. He assumed office in 2006 after winning in a special election against Republican candidate Mick Staton.

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Mark R. Herring represnts the 33rd Senatorial District that extends from Western Fairfax County into Loudoun County. Senator Herring serves on the following committees: General Laws and Technology, Local Government, and Rehabilitation and Social Services.

Born Mark Rankin Herring, September 25, 1961 in Johnson City, Tennessee. Married to Laura H. Herring. Father to Peyton Herring and Tim Herring. Educated at University of Virginia (B.A., Foreign Affairs and Economics); University of Virginia (M.A., Foreign Affairs); University of Richmond (J.D.).

Prior to serving as a Virginia Senator, Mark R. Herring served in elected office on the Loudoun County Board of Supervisors from 2000-2003, where he served on the following committees: Land Use Committee, Economic Development Committee, Joint Board of Supervisors/School Board Committee, Annexation Area Development Policy Committee. Mark R. Herring also served as the Town Attorney for the Town of Lovettsville from 1992-1999.

Mark R. Herring is also 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).