11 Facts About Mary Pawlenty

Mary Elizabeth Anderson Pawlenty was born on January 13,1961 and is an American lawyer, judge, and public official.

Mary Pawlenty was a state court judge who served on Minnesota's First Judicial District from 1994 to 2007.

Mary Pawlenty previously worked as a private-practice attorney and in 2009 became the director at a medical nonprofit.

Mary Pawlenty has been a mediator with Gilbert Mediation since 2007.

In 1994, Mary Pawlenty was appointed as a Judge of the District Court of Minnesota for Dakota County in Hastings, Minnesota by Governor Arne Carlson.

The family remained at their Eagan home instead of taking the Governor's Residence after Tim Pawlenty was elected Governor of Minnesota in 2002 due to Mary's requirement to stay in her judicial district.

In January 2007, after her husband was sworn into his second term as governor, Judge Mary Pawlenty announced that she was leaving the bench on February 12,2007.

Mary Pawlenty began work at the National Arbitration Forum shortly thereafter as its general counsel in charge of the National Arbitration Forum's legal affairs.

However, she quit her position with National Arbitration Forum and in September, 2007 Mary Pawlenty became a mediator with the Gilbert Mediation Center, where she assists parties in settling disputes, both before and during civil litigation.

Mary Pawlenty is married to Tim Pawlenty and has two daughters, Anna and Mara.

Mary Pawlenty is a Baptist and attends Wooddale Church, a member congregation of the Minnesota Baptist Conference in Eden Prairie, Minnesota.