Mark Gundrum
{{short description|American politician & judge (born 1970)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=March 2016}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Mark Gundrum
| office = Judge of the Wisconsin Court of Appeals {{nowrap|District II}}
| appointer = Scott Walker
| term_start = November 4, 2011
| predecessor = Daniel P. Anderson
| office1 = Judge of the Waukesha County Circuit Court
Branch 2
| term_start1 = August 1, 2010
| term_end1 = November 4, 2011
| predecessor1 = Richard Congdon
| successor1 = Jennifer R. Dorow
| state2 = Wisconsin
| state_assembly2 = Wisconsin
| district2 = 84th
| term_start2 = January 4, 1999
| term_end2 = July 31, 2010
| predecessor2 = Mary Lazich
| successor2 = Mike Kuglitsch
| party = Republican
|birth_date = {{birth date and age|1970|3|20}}
| birth_place = Milwaukee, Wisconsin, U.S.
| education = University of Wisconsin–Madison (BA, JD)
| allegiance = United States
| branch = United States Army
U.S. Army Reserve
| serviceyears = 2000–present
| unit = Judge Advocate General's Corps
| battles = Iraq 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.{{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}} 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 Catholic Memorial High School, where he played for the school's gridiron football team.{{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}} He received his bachelor's and law degrees from the University of Wisconsin–Madison.{{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}}
Career
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.{{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}} He joined the United States Army Reserve in 2000, and was deployed to Iraq in 2008.{{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 | Brookfield, WI Patch |publisher=Patch.com |date=2011-11-04 |accessdate=2020-03-05}}
In 1998, Gundrum won the race to succeed Mary Lazich in the Wisconsin State Assembly as a Republican.{{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}} In the 2002 election, he defeated fellow state legislator Marc C. Duff, who ran against Gundrum due to redistricting.{{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}} 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.{{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}} 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.{{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}} Gundrum successfully ran for the seat in 2013 and was re-elected in 2019.{{Cite web|title=Mark Gundrum|url=https://ballotpedia.org/Mark_Gundrum|access-date=2020-08-17|website=Ballotpedia|language=en}}
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.{{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}}
Personal life
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.{{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}} Gundrum appeared in the 2015 Netflix documentary series Making a Murderer, detailing Avery's case.
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Category:Politicians from Milwaukee
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