Meet Victor

About Victor Ramirez

Victor Ramirez was raised in Mount Rainier where he attended Mt. Rainier and Thomas S. Stone Elementary Schools and Hyattsville Middle School. He is a proud graduate of Northwestern High School, where he played football, soccer and baseball. Victor made history in 2002 when he won a seat in the Maryland House of Delegates, representing the 47th Legislative District in Prince George’s County, Maryland. In 2002, he was the first Latino elected to the Maryland House of Delegates. Eight years later he won a seat in the Maryland State Senate, becoming the first Latino ever to serve in that body. 

In the House of Delegates, he served as Deputy Majority Whip and was on both the Judiciary and Ways and Means Committees. In the State Senate he served on the Senate Judicial Proceedings and Finance Committees and was a member of the Maryland Educators Caucus, Maryland Veterans Caucus, and the Executive Nominations Committee. Victor supported and sponsored legislation that helped working families in Maryland.

Victor made it a priority to advocate for laws to protect victims of domestic violence and keep Maryland families safe from violent crime. He advocated to establish pretrial release programs, work release programs, and a diversion program in Prince George’s County. As a member of the General Assembly, he was the primary sponsor of the Maryland Dream Act-Public Institutions of Higher Education, which allows all Maryland high school graduates to attend college at in-state tuition rate regardless of their immigration status, and the Maryland Highway Safety Act of 2013, which enables immigrants to obtain a valid driver’s license regardless of their immigration status. Surrounding states such as Virginia, New York, New Jersey, and the District of Columbia soon followed the lead of Maryland.  Additionally, Victor was one of Maryland’s leading advocates to end gun violence and successfully sponsored legislation to ban bump stocks and other rapid fire trigger activators like those used in the tragic Las Vegas shooting, as well as passing legislation to allow police officers to wear body cameras while on duty. He worked to promote legislation to increase access to affordable housing and sponsored legislation to advocate on behalf of our seniors and women's rights. Victor served with distinction in the Maryland General Assembly from 2003-2019.

Victor has been practicing law since 2002 and is the principal owner of the Law Office of Victor R. Ramirez, LLC. His law firm works diligently in defending the rights of working families. He is an experienced trial attorney in the areas of civil, immigration and criminal law and has personally represented clients in hundreds of cases. He has been recognized as a Top 100 Criminal Defense Attorney by the National Trial Lawyers and is a member of the Maryland and Prince George's County Bar Associations. Victor has also worked pro bono for organizations such as the House of Ruth, providing domestic violence victims with free legal representation in court.   

He received his B.A. from Frostburg State University and his J.D. degree from St. Thomas University of Law in Miami, Florida.  

Victor continues to stay involved in the community. He is currently vice-president of the Salvadoran American Chamber of Commerce, a trustee for Prince George's Community College, Board Member of ecoLatinos, an environmental non-profit that works to engage, educate, and activate the diverse communities of the Chesapeake Bay and Mid-Atlantic Region, and is the head varsity soccer coach at Northwestern High School.  He is a parishioner at St. Ambrose Catholic Church in Cheverly, Maryland. Victor is married to Betsy, a public educator, and they have two children and a Maltese dog.