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'''Mark Gundrum''' (born March 20, 1970) is an American politician from the [[U.S. state|state]] of [[Wisconsin]]. He has served as a legislator and jurist.
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| name = Mark Gundrum
| office = Judge of the [[Wisconsin Court of Appeals]] {{nowrap|District II}}
| appointer = [[Scott Walker (politician)|Scott Walker]]
| term_start = November 4, 2011
| predecessor = [[Daniel P. Anderson]]
| office1 = {{nowrap|[[Wisconsin circuit courts|Wisconsin Circuit Court]] Judge}} {{nowrap|for the [[Waukesha County, Wisconsin|Waukesha]] circuit, branch 2}}
| term_start1 = August 1, 2010
| term_end1 = November 4, 2011
| predecessor1 = Richard Congdon
| successor1 = [[Jennifer Dorow|Jennifer R. Dorow]]
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| state2 = Wisconsin
| state_assembly2 = Wisconsin
| district2 = [[Wisconsin's 84th Assembly district|84th]]
| term_start2 = January 4, 1999
| term_end2 = July 31, 2010
| predecessor2 = [[Mary Lazich]]
| successor2 = [[Mike Kuglitsch]]
| party = [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
| birth_place = [[Milwaukee]], [[Wisconsin]], U.S.
| education = [[University of Wisconsin–Madison]] ([[Bachelor of Arts|BA]], [[Juris Doctor|JD]])
| allegiance = [[United States]]
| branch = [[United States Army]]<br />[[United States Army Reserve|U.S. Army Reserve]]
| serviceyears = 2000&ndash;present
| unit = [[Judge Advocate General's Corps, United States Army|Judge Advocate General's Corps]]
| battles = [[Iraq War]]
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'''Mark Gundrum''' (born March 20, 1970) is an American lawyer and politician serving as a judge of the [[Wisconsin Court of Appeals]] for District II.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Wisconsin Court System - Court of Appeals Judges - Judge Gundrum|url=https://www.wicourts.gov/courts/appeals/judges/gundrum.htm|access-date=2020-08-17|website=www.wicourts.gov}}</ref> He previously served as a member of the [[Wisconsin State Assembly]] from 1999 to 2010.


==Early life and education==
Born in [[Milwaukee, Wisconsin]], Gundrum graduated from [[Waukesha Catholic Memorial High School]], where he played for the school's [[gridiron football]] team.<ref>[https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1499&dat=19871025&id=E2caAAAAIBAJ&sjid=rSoEAAAAIBAJ&pg=5929,254257&hl=en]</ref> He received his bachelor's and law degrees from the [[University of Wisconsin&ndash;Madison]].<ref>[https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1499&dat=19950327&id=nfEcAAAAIBAJ&sjid=9CwEAAAAIBAJ&pg=6869,4790358&hl=en]</ref> Gundrum served on the [[Hales Corners, Wisconsin]] village board. He later worked as a staff attorney for [[Rudolph T. Randa]], a judge for the [[United States District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin]].<ref>[https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1683&dat=19960419&id=IHAaAAAAIBAJ&sjid=_C0EAAAAIBAJ&pg=1665,4182138&hl=en]</ref>
Born in [[Milwaukee, Wisconsin]], Gundrum graduated from [[Catholic Memorial High School]], where he played for the school's [[gridiron football]] team.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1499&dat=19871025&id=E2caAAAAIBAJ&pg=5929,254257&hl=en|title= Google News Archive Search|publisher=The Milwaukee Journal|accessdate=March 28, 2016}}</ref> He received his bachelor's and law degrees from the [[University of Wisconsin–Madison]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1499&dat=19950327&id=nfEcAAAAIBAJ&pg=6869,4790358&hl=en|title= Google News Archive Search|publisher=The Milwaukee Journal|accessdate=March 28, 2016}}</ref>


== Career ==
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In 1998, Gundrum ran for the [[Wisconsin State Assembly]] as a [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]], to succeed [[Mary Lazich]].<ref>[https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1683&dat=19980604&id=WnAaAAAAIBAJ&sjid=di4EAAAAIBAJ&pg=5279,4383538&hl=en]</ref> Gundrum won the election in 1998. In the 2002 election, he defeated fellow state legislator [[Marc Duff]], who ran against Gundrum due to [[redistricting]].<ref>[https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1683&dat=20020911&id=SicqAAAAIBAJ&sjid=JkEEAAAAIBAJ&pg=3998,96263&hl=en]</ref> While serving in the Wisconsin State Assembly, Gundrum workied with [[Steven Avery]], who was exonerated after being falsely convicted of a [[sexual assault]], to pass a criminal justice reform bill.<ref>http://www.people.com/article/making-a-murderer-lawmaker-talks-about-avery-bill</ref> In 2010, Gundrum was appointed [[Wisconsin Circuit Court|Circuit Court]] judge for [[Waukesha County]] and then was appointed in 2011 to the [[Wisconsin Court of Appeals]].<ref>[http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/dictionary/index.asp?action=view&term_id=2631&search_term=gundrum Mark Gundrum, Wisconsin Historical Society]</ref><ref>[http://www.wicourts.gov/courts/appeals/judges/gundrum.htm Judge Mark Gundrum, Wisconsin Court of Appeals]</ref>
Gundrum served on the [[Hales Corners, Wisconsin]] village board. He later worked as a staff attorney for [[Rudolph T. Randa]], a judge for the [[United States District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1683&dat=19960419&id=IHAaAAAAIBAJ&pg=1665,4182138&hl=en|title=Milwaukee Journal Sentinel - Google News Archive Search|publisher=|accessdate=March 28, 2016}}</ref> He joined the [[United States Army Reserve]] in 2000, and was deployed to Iraq in 2008.<ref>{{cite web|author=Brookfield |url=http://patch.com/wisconsin/brookfield-wi/gundrum-appointed-to-court-of-appeals-in-waukesha |title=Gundrum Appointed to Court of Appeals in Waukesha &#124; Brookfield, WI Patch |publisher=Patch.com |date=2011-11-04 |accessdate=2020-03-05}}</ref>


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In 1998, Gundrum won the race to succeed [[Mary Lazich]] in the [[Wisconsin State Assembly]] as a [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1683&dat=19980604&id=WnAaAAAAIBAJ&pg=5279,4383538&hl=en|title=Milwaukee Journal Sentinel - Google News Archive Search|publisher=|accessdate=March 28, 2016}}</ref> In the 2002 election, he defeated fellow state legislator [[Marc C. Duff]], who ran against Gundrum due to [[redistricting]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1683&dat=20020911&id=SicqAAAAIBAJ&pg=3998,96263&hl=en|title=Milwaukee Journal Sentinel - Google News Archive Search|publisher=|accessdate=March 28, 2016}}</ref> While serving in the Wisconsin State Assembly, Gundrum worked with [[Steven Avery]], who was exonerated after being falsely convicted of a [[sexual assault]], to pass a criminal justice reform bill.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.people.com/article/making-a-murderer-lawmaker-talks-about-avery-bill|title=Making a Murderer: Lawmaker Talks About the Avery Bill : People.com|work=PEOPLE.com|accessdate=March 28, 2016}}</ref> In 2010, Gundrum was elected as a [[Wisconsin Circuit Court|Circuit Court]] judge for [[Waukesha County]]. He was soon thereafter appointed by Governor [[Scott Walker (politician)|Scott Walker]] in 2011 to fill a vacancy on the Wisconsin Court of Appeals.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wicourts.gov/courts/appeals/judges/gundrum.htm|title=Wisconsin Court System - Court of Appeals Judges - Judge Gundrum|publisher=|accessdate=March 28, 2016}}</ref> Gundrum successfully ran for the seat in 2013 and was re-elected in 2019.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Mark Gundrum|url=https://ballotpedia.org/Mark_Gundrum|access-date=2020-08-17|website=Ballotpedia|language=en}}</ref>
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Gundrum and his wife, Mary, married in 1996. They are Catholic and have eight children, who they [[homeschooled]] through [[Wisconsin Virtual Academy]]. Their youngest child was born with [[encephalocele]] and a [[facial cleft]], which required surgery to correct at [[Boston Children's Hospital]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2013/01/28/family-agonizing-trail-leads-infant-rare-surgery-children-hospital/WEmUG3hQ3ghz8rKdPMBfhN/story.html|title=Family’s agonizing trail leads to infant’s surgery|work=The Boston Globe|first=Bella|last=English|date=January 28, 2013|accessdate=March 28, 2016}}</ref> Gundrum appeared in the 2015 Netflix documentary series ''[[Making a Murderer]]'', detailing Avery's case.

Gundrum was named as one of Governor [[Scott Walker (politician)|Scott Walker]]'s finalists to replace Justice [[David Prosser, Jr.]] on the [[Wisconsin Supreme Court]] in June 2016.<ref>{{cite web|last=Stein|first=Jason|date=2016-06-22|title=Scott Walker names finalists for Supreme Court vacancy|url=http://www.jsonline.com/news/statepolitics/scott-walker-names-finalists-for-supreme-court-vacancy-b99748979z1-383960291.html|accessdate=2020-03-05|publisher=Jsonline.com}}</ref>

== Personal life ==
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Gundrum and his wife, Mary, married in 1996. They are Catholic and have eight children, whom they [[homeschooled]] through [[Wisconsin Virtual Academy]]. Their youngest child was born with [[encephalocele]] and a [[facial cleft]], which required surgery to correct at [[Boston Children's Hospital]].<ref>{{cite web|last=English|first=Bella|date=January 28, 2013|title=Family's agonizing trail leads to infant's surgery|url=https://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2013/01/28/family-agonizing-trail-leads-infant-rare-surgery-children-hospital/WEmUG3hQ3ghz8rKdPMBfhN/story.html|accessdate=March 28, 2016|work=The Boston Globe}}</ref> Gundrum appeared in the 2015 Netflix documentary series ''[[Making a Murderer]]'', detailing Avery's case.


==References==
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Latest revision as of 10:08, 6 December 2024

Mark Gundrum
Judge of the Wisconsin Court of Appeals District II
Incumbent
Assumed office
November 4, 2011
Appointed byScott Walker
Preceded byDaniel P. Anderson
Wisconsin Circuit Court Judge for the Waukesha circuit, branch 2
In office
August 1, 2010 – November 4, 2011
Preceded byRichard Congdon
Succeeded byJennifer R. Dorow
Member of the Wisconsin State Assembly
from the 84th district
In office
January 4, 1999 – July 31, 2010
Preceded byMary Lazich
Succeeded byMike Kuglitsch
Personal details
BornMilwaukee, Wisconsin, U.S.
Political partyRepublican
EducationUniversity of Wisconsin–Madison (BA, JD)
Military service
AllegianceUnited States
Branch/serviceUnited States Army
U.S. Army Reserve
Years of service2000–present
UnitJudge Advocate General's Corps
Battles/warsIraq War

Mark Gundrum (born March 20, 1970) is an American lawyer and politician serving as a judge of the Wisconsin Court of Appeals for District II.[1] He previously served as a member of the Wisconsin State Assembly from 1999 to 2010.

Early life and education

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Born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Gundrum graduated from Catholic Memorial High School, where he played for the school's gridiron football team.[2] He received his bachelor's and law degrees from the University of Wisconsin–Madison.[3]

Career

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Gundrum served on the Hales Corners, Wisconsin village board. He later worked as a staff attorney for Rudolph T. Randa, a judge for the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin.[4] He joined the United States Army Reserve in 2000, and was deployed to Iraq in 2008.[5]

In 1998, Gundrum won the race to succeed Mary Lazich in the Wisconsin State Assembly as a Republican.[6] In the 2002 election, he defeated fellow state legislator Marc C. Duff, who ran against Gundrum due to redistricting.[7] While serving in the Wisconsin State Assembly, Gundrum worked with Steven Avery, who was exonerated after being falsely convicted of a sexual assault, to pass a criminal justice reform bill.[8] In 2010, Gundrum was elected as a Circuit Court judge for Waukesha County. He was soon thereafter appointed by Governor Scott Walker in 2011 to fill a vacancy on the Wisconsin Court of Appeals.[9] Gundrum successfully ran for the seat in 2013 and was re-elected in 2019.[10]

Gundrum was named as one of Governor Scott Walker's finalists to replace Justice David Prosser, Jr. on the Wisconsin Supreme Court in June 2016.[11]

Personal life

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Gundrum and his wife, Mary, married in 1996. They are Catholic and have eight children, whom they homeschooled through Wisconsin Virtual Academy. Their youngest child was born with encephalocele and a facial cleft, which required surgery to correct at Boston Children's Hospital.[12] Gundrum appeared in the 2015 Netflix documentary series Making a Murderer, detailing Avery's case.

References

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  1. ^ "Wisconsin Court System - Court of Appeals Judges - Judge Gundrum". www.wicourts.gov. Retrieved August 17, 2020.
  2. ^ "Google News Archive Search". The Milwaukee Journal. Retrieved March 28, 2016.
  3. ^ "Google News Archive Search". The Milwaukee Journal. Retrieved March 28, 2016.
  4. ^ "Milwaukee Journal Sentinel - Google News Archive Search". Retrieved March 28, 2016.
  5. ^ Brookfield (November 4, 2011). "Gundrum Appointed to Court of Appeals in Waukesha | Brookfield, WI Patch". Patch.com. Retrieved March 5, 2020.
  6. ^ "Milwaukee Journal Sentinel - Google News Archive Search". Retrieved March 28, 2016.
  7. ^ "Milwaukee Journal Sentinel - Google News Archive Search". Retrieved March 28, 2016.
  8. ^ "Making a Murderer: Lawmaker Talks About the Avery Bill : People.com". PEOPLE.com. Retrieved March 28, 2016.
  9. ^ "Wisconsin Court System - Court of Appeals Judges - Judge Gundrum". Retrieved March 28, 2016.
  10. ^ "Mark Gundrum". Ballotpedia. Retrieved August 17, 2020.
  11. ^ Stein, Jason (June 22, 2016). "Scott Walker names finalists for Supreme Court vacancy". Jsonline.com. Retrieved March 5, 2020.
  12. ^ English, Bella (January 28, 2013). "Family's agonizing trail leads to infant's surgery". The Boston Globe. Retrieved March 28, 2016.
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