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Tuesday, October 20, 2026

Montgomery County Maryland - Montgomery County

Marc Hansen, who has served as the Montgomery County Attorney for the past 12 years and has been working in the County Attorney’s Office for 37 years, will retire on Jan. 31. He has been the longest-serving County Attorney since Montgomery County adopted its County Charter in 1968.

Montgomery County Executive Marc Elrich has named Deputy County Attorney John Markovs as the Acting County Attorney.

Hansen has served in the Office of the County Attorney for almost four decades. He started as an assistant county attorney.

“I have been fortunate to have had the honor of serving as the chief legal officer for the County for the past 12 years and to have been an attorney in Office of the County Attorney for over 37 years,” Hansen said. “Being a lawyer for the County has given me the opportunity to work on many immensely challenging legal issues—many of them cutting edge legal issues. I am convinced that being a lawyer in the County Attorney’s Office has been the best legal job in the County. But what I will treasure most has been the opportunity to work with, and to get to know, so many extraordinarily talented and dedicated public servants—merit employees, appointed officials and elected officials.”

In his position as County Attorney, he oversaw a legal team that provided advice and guidance to county executives, to the County Council and to agencies of the County government. He has encouraged and mentored many attorneys, including those who have gone on to become judges,...



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