Marc E Dann was born on March 12,1962 and is an American former politician of the Democratic Party, who served as the Attorney General of Ohio from 2007 until his resignation on May 14,2008.
26 Facts About Marc Dann
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Marc Dann practiced law in Youngstown, Ohio, and became active in Democratic Party politics.
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Marc Dann finished third in the party primary behind eventual winner Tim Ryan and a local township trustee.
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From 2001 to 2002, Marc Dann served as a member of the Liberty Local School District board of education.
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Marc Dann easily won election to a full term in 2004.
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Marc Dann was reprimanded in 2004 by the Ohio Supreme Court for handling a 2002 alimony case without proper preparation.
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Marc Dann was a leading figure in the exposure of a variety of ethics and criminal scandals in the administration of Republican Governor Bob Taft, who became the first sitting governor in Ohio history to plead guilty to a crime.
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Marc Dann was a leading critic of "Coingate," an investment plan in which $50 million of the state's workers compensation reserve fund was given to Republican Tom Noe, a politically connected coin dealer.
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Marc Dann demanded, then sued to see memos, e-mails, and other communications transmitted between Gov.
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Marc Dann was a vociferous critic of then-Attorney General Jim Petro, a Republican, who had been notified by the Securities and Exchange Commission more than two years earlier that the SEC had serious reservations about investment practices at the BWC.
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Marc Dann charged that Petro ignored those warnings and the misuse of funds at the agency continued unabated until the Toledo Blade and Marc Dann began to expose the corruption.
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Marc Dann announced his candidacy for Attorney General of Ohio on November 14,2005, saying he would use the office to both help local police and prosecutors deal with street crime and to actively and aggressively pursue white collar criminals.
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Marc Dann won the general election in November 2006 by upsetting Ohio State Auditor Betty Montgomery, a former attorney general.
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Marc Dann responded to the latter attack by saying he was simply doing his job as an attorney.
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Marc Dann ran up huge margins in traditionally Republican areas and won bellwether counties such as Franklin and Stark.
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Marc Dann was sworn in as the 47th Ohio Attorney General on January 8,2007.
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Marc Dann had been questioned by some for supporting Capri Cafaro's successful bid to fill Marc Dann's unexpired term in the state Senate.
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Marc Dann defended his recommendation of Capri Cafaro by saying he believed she was the only qualified candidate to replace him.
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Marc Dann was upset about an article Oravecz had written entitled "Locals with ties to Marc Dann get jobs".
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Marc Dann showed no interest in departure, even after Strickland's statement.
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On May 10,2008, the Ohio Democratic Party voted to remove their endorsement of Marc Dann, remove him of his membership in the Ohio Democratic Party Executive Committee, and call for his immediate resignation as attorney general.
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At a May 14,2008, press conference in Columbus, Marc Dann resigned the Office of Attorney General of Ohio.
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In June 2009, Dann reached a plea agreement with the Ohio Inspector General, Thomas P Charles, in which he pled guilty to a single count of misuse of campaign funds, for purchasing travel for family members to San Francisco for a vacation that was to be packaged with a political fundraiser, and paid another fine of $1000; the Commission agreed to accept the plea deal by a 5 to 1 vote.
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Marc Dann was a Sigma Chi at the University of Michigan.
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Marc Dann was suspended from the practice of law by the Ohio Supreme Court effective November 20,2012, and was reinstated effective June 11,2013.
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Marc Dann now has a private legal practice in Cleveland, Ohio, reportedly specializing in combating home foreclosures.