Attorney Marc J. Kligman

Marc was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and grew up in Stamford, Connecticut--a city about 45 minutes north of New York City. Marc graduated from The Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Maryland in the top quarter of his class earning a Bachelor of Arts degree in both International Relations and Hispanic and Italian Studies.

While at Johns Hopkins, Marc played varsity baseball, worked as an Admissions Representative, and was a brother in the Alpha Delta Phi fraternity. After college, Marc went directly to law school and graduated with cum laude honors from Tulane University School of Law in New Orleans, Louisiana. At Tulane, Marc excelled in mock trial competitions being selected for the ATLA national trial team in his first year of law school and competed on the team each year of law school. Marc won the Phelps Dunbar Senior Trial Competition, a mock trial competition among all Tulane third year law students.

Marc worked on juvenile delinquency and dependency cases in Orleans Parish Juvenile Court under nationally renowned professor, David Katner, and earned the highest grade in the semester of Juvenile Clinical Law. Marc passed the bar on his first attempt and was admitted to practice in California on December 12, 1995 and subsequently in United States District Court, Southern District of California on July 26, 1999. Marc has enjoyed good standing with the bar since that date and his practice has been exclusively devoted to defending people charged with crimes in San Diego County.

Beyond the courtroom, Marc has volunteered as a youth baseball coach. In 1999, he started the San Diego Aces, a 16-18 year old summer team comprised of some of the top high school players in the county, many of whom now play professionally.

Marc enjoys playing basketball, golf, running, and Tae Kwon Do. Marc is married to Laura, also an attorney, and they have been blessed with two boys and a girl.