Marc Kligman

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. His father, a former United States Army Ranger in Korea, is an international commodities trader. He attended a Jewish day school through sixth grade, although his family wasn't religiously observant. He earned his J.D. at Tulane University Law School in 1995.

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. His Major League clients have included Carlos Ruiz (Philadelphia Phillies), Justin Bour (Philadelphia Phillies), Rob Scahill (Colorado Rockies), and Chris Heston (San Francisco Giants).

Kligman serves as a guest arbiter in the annual National Baseball Arbitration Competition hosted by the Tulane Sports Law Society.

Other activities After relocating from San Diego to Las Vegas in 2013, 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. When the Winter Meetings occur during the Hanukkah holiday, he organizes candle lighting for Jewish attendees.

Kligman has a first-degree black belt in taekwondo and a Practitioner 4 rank in Krav Maga.