Mr. Quirk is a lifelong resident of Bergenfield. He attended Bergenfield High School, graduating with honors. Then attended The College of New Jersey, graduating with a major in Political Science. He was employed during his time at TCNJ for Governors Christie Todd Whitman and Donald DiFrancesco as a writer in the Office of Constituent Relations. After graduating summa cum laude from TCNJ, he was a scholarship student at Seton Hall University School of Law in Newark where he was a member of the Seton Hall Legislative Journal.