• Office Sought: Representative, Minnesota (3)
• Birth Date: March 3, 1978
• Occupation: Attorney
• Web site: http://www.madiaforcongress.com/

Education

• University of Minnesota

Military service

• U.S. Marine Corps

Madia's parents are originally from Mumbai, India. His family moved to Plymouth, Minn., when he was young. He attended Osseo Senior High School and the University of Minnesota, where he became student body president. He then attended the New York University School of Law.

After law school, Madia joined the U.S. Marine Corps. His first duty station was Okinawa, Japan, where he served as a prosecutor, defense counsel, and legal advisor to a Marine Corps commander. He was lead attorney in over one hundred trials, including thirteen jury trials. He later served in Iraq from September 2005 to March 2006. In July 2006, Madia finished active duty and returned to Minnesota and began practicing law at Robins, Kaplan, Miller & Ciresi, LLP, in Minneapolis. Since returning from Iraq, he has also provided free legal work for victims of domestic violence and for a victim of torture seeking asylum in the United States.