1-27-10 , 2 p.m.  GOVERNOR CHRIS CHRISTIE - Announces Key Cabinet Appointment SDA

Marc Larkins, Executive Director of the New Jersey School Development Authority Board

     Marc Larkins is the Assistant United States Attorney in the US Attorney's Office for the District of New Jersey. While serving in this capacity he has held the titles of, Executive Assistant US Attorney, Acting First Assistant US Attorney, Acting Executive US Attorney and Council. In each of these capacities Mr. Larkins was involved the oversight and management of all operations of the US Attorney's Office, including implementing all significant policies established by the US Attorney and the Department of Justice, acting as Ethics Office.

     Mr. Larkins also worked in a number of Divisions within the US Attorney's office, including serving as Chief of the Government Fraud Unit.  As Chief Mr. Larkins was responsible for the supervision of Assistant US Attorney's investigation fraud committed against federal agencies and programs.

     Prior to serving in the US Attorney's office, Mr. Larkins was a Trail Attorney in the US Department of Justice, Criminal Division from 1999 to March of 2003. Mr. Larkins was responsible for the investigation and prosecution of international and domestic narcotics trafficking organizations. Concurrently, from February of 2000 to March of 2002, Mr. Larkins was Special Assistant United States Attorney for the District of Columbia.

     A graduate of Seton Hall University School of Law, Larkins served as law clerk to both Justice James H. Colman Jr. of the New Jersey Supreme Court and Judge Joseph A. Greenaway Jr., US District Court in Newark, New Jersey. He earned his B.S., Magna Cum Laude, from Seton Hall University.