PR 25-0750 — Clemency Board Mark Rollins Confirmation Resolution of 2024

MURIELENROLLED BOWSERORIGINAL MAYORA MayRESOLUTION 2,25-581 2024IN TheTHE HonorableCOUNCIL PhilOF MendelsonTHE ChairmanDISTRICT CouncilOF ofCOLUMBIA theJuly District9, of2024 ColumbiaTo Johnconfirm A.the appointment of Mr.

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InRESOLVED, accordanceBY withTHE sectionCOUNCIL 2OF ofTHE theDISTRICT ConfirmationOF ActCOLUMBIA, ofThat 1978,this effectiveresolution Marchmay 3,be 1979cited (D.C.as the “Clemency Board Mark Rollins Confirmation Resolution of 2024”.

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Official Code § 1-523.01), and pursuant tosection204oftheClemencyBoard Establishment Act of 2018, effective December 13, 2018 (D.C.

Law 22-197, D.C.

Official Code § 24-481.04), I am pleased to nominate the following individual:

Mr.

Mark Rollins Franklin Delano Roosevelt Place, NE Washington, DC 20019 (Ward 7) for appointment as a member, who is a member of the District of Columbia Bar in good standing with experience in criminal law, of the Clemency Board, filling a vacant seat formerly held by Andrew Fois, for the remainder of an unexpired term to end February 10, 2027.

Enclosed,you will find biographical information detailing the experience of the above-mentioned nominee,together with a proposed resolution to assistthe Council duringthe confirmation process.

I would appreciate the Council’s earliest consideration of this nomination for confirmation.

Please do not hesitate to contact me, or Steven Walker, Director, Mayor’s Office of Talent and Appointments, should the Council require additional information.

Sincerely, Muriel Bowser Mayor 2 ~ at the request ofthe Mayor 5 A PROPOSED RESOLUTION 8 IN THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA To confirm the appointment ofMark Rollins to the Clemency Board.

RESOLVED, BY THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, that this resolution may be cited as the "Clemency Board Mark Rollins Confirmation Resolution of 2024".

The Council oftheof the District ofColumbiaof Columbia confirms the appointment of:

Mark Rollins Franklin Delano Roosevelt Place, NE Washington, DC 20019 (Ward 7) as a member, who is a member oftheof the District of Columbia Bar in good standing with experience in criminal law, oftheof the Clemency Board, established by section 203 oftheof the Clemency Board Establishment Act of2018,of 2018, effective December 13, 2018 (D.C.

Official Code § 24-481.03), filling a vacant seat formerly held by Andrew Fois, for thea remainder ofan unexpired term to end February 10, 2027.

The Council ofthe District ofColumbia shall transmit a copy ofthisof this resolution, upon its adoption, to the nominee and to the Office oftheof the Mayor.

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Mark Rollins is a private practice criminal defense attorney and partner at Rollins and Chan Law Firm.

He is a member in good standing of the District of Columbia Bar Association and the Maryland State Bar Association.

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Rollins’ legal career has focused on social justice, civil rights, and human rights.

Amember oftheCriminal JusticeAct Panel,hehas tried over 1,000 bench trials and 75 jury trials in DC Superior Court.

He is also a mentor for the Judge Rigsby Law Camp, a youth development program serving more than 50 students from DC schools.

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Rollins earned his BachelorofArts in Political Sciencefrom West Virginia State University and his Juris Doctor from the University of the District of Columbia.

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