{{short description|American lawyer (born 1970)}} {{Infobox person | name = Marc Kligman | image = <!-- filename only, no "File:" or "Image:" prefix, and no enclosing brackets --> | alt = <!-- descriptive text for use by speech synthesis (text-to-speech) software --> | caption = | birth_name = Marc Jeffrey Kligman | birth_date = {{Birth year and age|1970}} | birth_place = Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, US | death_date = <!-- {{Death date and age|YYYY|MM|DD|YYYY|MM|DD}} (DEATH date then BIRTH date) --> | death_place = | other_names = | occupation = Sports agent, criminal lawyer | years_active = 1995—present | known_for = | education = A&S, International Relations and Hispanic and Italian Studies, Johns Hopkins University, 1992<br>J.D., Tulane University Law School, 1995 | spouse = Leah | children = 3 | notable_works = }}
'''Marc Jeffrey Kligman''' (born 1970) is an American sports agent and criminal lawyer. After working in the San Diego County public defender's office from 1995 to 1998, he founded Total Sports Care Management and began representing players in Minor League and Major League Baseball and NCAA Division I coaches. He is noted for being a practicing Orthodox Jew.
==Early life and education== Marc Kligman was born in 1970 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and grew up in Stamford, Connecticut.<ref name=speaker>{{cite web |url= https://www.shluchim.org/speakers/speaker.asp?SID=138|title=Kligman, ESQ., Marc J ( Speaker )|publisher=The Shluchim Office|accessdate=August 19, 2018}}</ref><ref name=review>{{cite web |url=https://www.reviewjournal.com/local/local-columns/herb-jaffe/baseball-player-agent-taps-into-lawyering-background/|title=Baseball player agent taps into lawyering background|first=Herb|last=Jaffe|date=October 24, 2014|accessdate=August 19, 2018|work=Las Vegas Review-Journal}}</ref> His father, a former United States Army Ranger in Korea, is an international commodities trader.<ref name=ami>Gantz, Nesanel. "Lunchbreak with Marc (Moshe) Kligman", ''Ami'', June 6, 2018, pp. 48–50.</ref> He attended a Jewish day school through sixth grade, although his family wasn't religiously observant.<ref name=ami/>
Kligman played football, basketball, and baseball in high school, earning 10 varsity letters.<ref name=Chabad/> He played varsity baseball at Johns Hopkins University, from which he graduated in 1992 with an A&S degree in International Relations and Hispanic and Italian Studies.<ref name=Chabad/><ref name=johns>{{cite web |url=https://hub.jhu.edu/magazine/2014/summer/kligman-baseball-agent/|title=Heavy Hitter|first=Lisa|last=Belman|date=Summer 2014|accessdate=August 19, 2018|work=Johns Hopkins Magazine}}</ref> He earned his J.D. at Tulane University Law School in 1995.<ref name=linked>{{cite web |url= https://www.linkedin.com/in/marc-j-kligman-78623a3/|title=Marc J. Kligman|publisher=LinkedIn|year=2018|accessdate=August 19, 2018}}</ref>
==Career== Kligman worked for over three years as a criminal trial lawyer in the San Diego County public defender's office, handling 35 criminal jury trials.<ref name=ami/><ref name=review/> He started his own criminal defense firm in 1999.<ref name=linked/>
In 1998<ref name=Chabad/> he founded Total Sports Care Management and began acquiring clients in his free time.<ref name=review/> Deciding to combine his affinities for law and sports,<ref name=Chabad/> in 2000<ref name=speaker/> he was certified by the Major League Baseball Players Association as a sports agent. His services include contract negotiations and player marketing.<ref name=johns/> His clients are players at both the Minor League and Major League level, and NCAA Division I coaches.<ref name=speaker/><ref name=Chabad>{{cite web |url=https://www.chabad.org/library/article_cdo/aid/1150006/jewish/Batting-1000.htm|title=Batting 1.000|first=Deena|last=Yellin|work=Chabad.org|year=2010|accessdate=August 19, 2018}}</ref> His Major League clients have included Carlos Ruiz (Philadelphia Phillies), Justin Bour (Philadelphia Phillies), Rob Scahill (Colorado Rockies), and Chris Heston (San Francisco Giants).<ref name=review/><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.philly.com/philly/blogs/phillies/Ruizs-agent-Chooch-followed-heart-with-brain-too.html |title=Ruiz's agent: Heart and mind aligned in deal with Phillies|first=Ryan|last=Lawrence|date=November 18, 2018|accessdate=August 19, 2018|work=philly.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://sports.yahoo.com/justin-bour-wins-arbitration-case-004716633.html |title=Justin Bour wins arbitration case against Marlins|first=Ashley|last=Varela|date=February 3, 2018|accessdate=August 19, 2018|work=Yahoo Sports}}</ref>
Kligman serves as a guest arbiter in the annual National Baseball Arbitration Competition hosted by the Tulane Sports Law Society.<ref>{{cite web |url= https://mlb.nbcsports.com/2018/01/22/future-sports-lawyers-battle-in-baseball-arbitration-competition/ |title= Future sports lawyers battle in baseball arbitration competition|first=Craig|last=Calcaterra|date=January 22, 2018|accessdate=August 19, 2018|work=NBC Sports}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-400749532.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180819082805/https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-400749532.html|archive-date=August 19, 2018|title=Law Students Go Inside Baseball|publisher=State News Service|via=HighBeam|date=February 4, 2015|accessdate=August 19, 2015}}</ref>
==Other activities== After relocating from San Diego to Las Vegas in 2013,<ref>{{cite journal|url= https://issuu.com/kingstamford/docs/king_quest_fall_2013_112713_pgso/45|title=Fall 2013 Class Notes|date=Fall 2013|journal=Quest|page=45}}</ref> Kligman established two independent baseball club teams for 10-year-old and 12-year-old boys, which his two sons joined. Kligman both administers and coaches the teams.<ref name=review/>
==Personal life== During his time at law school, Kligman was introduced to the Chabad community at Tulane University and became interested in Orthodox Jewish observance. He began observing Shabbat and keeping kosher after moving to San Diego, eventually wearing a kippah full-time. He was a baal korei (Torah reader) for the Chabad of University City, taught a weekly Torah class, and founded a "Monday Lunch and Learn" at a local kosher restaurant.<ref name=Chabad/>
Being Shomer Shabbat, he does not answer calls on Shabbat or attend baseball games on Shabbat and Jewish holidays. This has precluded his attendance at some of the Major League debuts of his clients, including Philadelphia Phillies catcher Carlos Ruiz, who made his debut on a Friday night in May 2006, and Mike Zagurski, who played his first game with the Phillies on Shavuot 2007.<ref name=Chabad/><ref name=sight/> Kligman believes that some of his clients who are devoted Christians "feel comfortable with a man of religious values".<ref name=sight>{{cite web|url=http://www.jewishsightseeing.com/dhh_weblog/2006-blog/2006-06/2006-06-29-kligman.htm|title=Baseball agent Kligman improves his average as an observant Jew|date=June 29, 2006|accessdate=August 19, 2018|publisher=Jewish Sightseeing}}</ref> When the Winter Meetings occur during the Hanukkah holiday, he organizes candle lighting for Jewish attendees.<ref name=ami/>
Kligman and his wife Leah, also an attorney, have two sons and one daughter.<ref name=speaker/><ref name=review/> In 2017 Kligman hosted many of his clients and other MLB players for his son's Bar Mitzvah at The D Casino Hotel.<ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.vegasnews.com/168432/mlb-stars-everywhere-at-the-d-casino-hotel-in-las-vegas.html|title= MLB Stars Everywhere at the D Casino Hotel in Las Vegas|date=November 23, 2017|accessdate=August 19, 2018|work=Vegas News}}</ref>
Kligman has a first-degree black belt in taekwondo and a Practitioner 4 rank in Krav Maga.<ref name=speaker/>
==References== {{reflist|30em}}
==External links== *[http://members.calbar.ca.gov/fal/Licensee/Detail/180444 Marc Jeffrey Kligman #180444] State Bar of California license status
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