# Mark Gundrum > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Mark_Gundrum > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Mark_Gundrum.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Gundrum > Source revision: 1350783442 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) **Mark Gundrum** (born March 20, 1970) is an American lawyer and politician serving as a judge of the [Wisconsin Court of Appeals](/source/Wisconsin_Court_of_Appeals) for District II.[1] He previously served as a member of the [Wisconsin State Assembly](/source/Wisconsin_State_Assembly) from 1999 to 2010. ## Early life and education Born in [Milwaukee, Wisconsin](/source/Milwaukee,_Wisconsin), Gundrum graduated from [Catholic Memorial High School](/source/Catholic_Memorial_High_School), where he played for the school's [gridiron football](/source/Gridiron_football) team.[2] He received his bachelor's and law degrees from the [University of Wisconsin–Madison](/source/University_of_Wisconsin%E2%80%93Madison).[3] ## Career Gundrum served on the [Hales Corners, Wisconsin](/source/Hales_Corners,_Wisconsin) village board. He later worked as a staff attorney for [Rudolph T. Randa](/source/Rudolph_T._Randa), a judge for the [United States District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin](/source/United_States_District_Court_for_the_Eastern_District_of_Wisconsin).[4] He joined the [United States Army Reserve](/source/United_States_Army_Reserve) in 2000, and was deployed to Iraq in 2008.[5] In 1998, Gundrum won the race to succeed [Mary Lazich](/source/Mary_Lazich) in the [Wisconsin State Assembly](/source/Wisconsin_State_Assembly) as a [Republican](/source/Republican_Party_(United_States)).[6] In the 2002 election, he defeated fellow state legislator [Marc C. Duff](/source/Marc_C._Duff), who ran against Gundrum due to [redistricting](/source/Redistricting).[7] While serving in the Wisconsin State Assembly, Gundrum worked with [Steven Avery](/source/Steven_Avery), who was exonerated after being falsely convicted of a [sexual assault](/source/Sexual_assault), to pass a criminal justice reform bill.[8] In 2010, Gundrum was elected as a [Circuit Court](/source/Wisconsin_Circuit_Court) judge for [Waukesha County](/source/Waukesha_County). He was soon thereafter appointed by Governor [Scott Walker](/source/Scott_Walker_(politician)) 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](/source/Scott_Walker_(politician))'s finalists to replace Justice [David Prosser, Jr.](/source/David_Prosser,_Jr.) on the [Wisconsin Supreme Court](/source/Wisconsin_Supreme_Court) in June 2016.[11] ## Personal life Gundrum and his wife, Mary, married in 1996. They are Catholic and have ten children, whom they [homeschooled](/source/Homeschooled) through [Wisconsin Virtual Academy](/source/Wisconsin_Virtual_Academy). Their youngest child was born with [encephalocele](/source/Encephalocele) and a [facial cleft](/source/Facial_cleft), which required surgery to correct at [Boston Children's Hospital](/source/Boston_Children's_Hospital).[12] Gundrum appeared in the 2015 Netflix documentary series *[Making a Murderer](/source/Making_a_Murderer)*, detailing Avery's case. ## References 1. ["Wisconsin Court System - Court of Appeals Judges - Judge Gundrum"](https://www.wicourts.gov/courts/appeals/judges/gundrum.htm). *www.wicourts.gov*. Retrieved 2020-08-17. 1. ["Google News Archive Search"](https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1499&dat=19871025&id=E2caAAAAIBAJ&pg=5929,254257&hl=en). The Milwaukee Journal. Retrieved March 28, 2016. 1. ["Google News Archive Search"](https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1499&dat=19950327&id=nfEcAAAAIBAJ&pg=6869,4790358&hl=en). The Milwaukee Journal. Retrieved March 28, 2016. 1. ["Milwaukee Journal Sentinel - Google News Archive Search"](https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1683&dat=19960419&id=IHAaAAAAIBAJ&pg=1665,4182138&hl=en). Retrieved March 28, 2016. 1. Brookfield (2011-11-04). ["Gundrum Appointed to Court of Appeals in Waukesha | Brookfield, WI Patch"](http://patch.com/wisconsin/brookfield-wi/gundrum-appointed-to-court-of-appeals-in-waukesha). Patch.com. Retrieved 2020-03-05. 1. ["Milwaukee Journal Sentinel - Google News Archive Search"](https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1683&dat=19980604&id=WnAaAAAAIBAJ&pg=5279,4383538&hl=en). Retrieved March 28, 2016. 1. ["Milwaukee Journal Sentinel - Google News Archive Search"](https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1683&dat=20020911&id=SicqAAAAIBAJ&pg=3998,96263&hl=en). Retrieved March 28, 2016. 1. ["Making a Murderer: Lawmaker Talks About the Avery Bill : People.com"](http://www.people.com/article/making-a-murderer-lawmaker-talks-about-avery-bill). *PEOPLE.com*. Retrieved March 28, 2016. 1. ["Wisconsin Court System - Court of Appeals Judges - Judge Gundrum"](http://www.wicourts.gov/courts/appeals/judges/gundrum.htm). Retrieved March 28, 2016. 1. ["Mark Gundrum"](https://ballotpedia.org/Mark_Gundrum). *Ballotpedia*. Retrieved 2020-08-17. 1. Stein, Jason (2016-06-22). ["Scott Walker names finalists for Supreme Court vacancy"](http://www.jsonline.com/news/statepolitics/scott-walker-names-finalists-for-supreme-court-vacancy-b99748979z1-383960291.html). Jsonline.com. Retrieved 2020-03-05. 1. English, Bella (January 28, 2013). ["Family's agonizing trail leads to infant's surgery"](https://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2013/01/28/family-agonizing-trail-leads-infant-rare-surgery-children-hospital/WEmUG3hQ3ghz8rKdPMBfhN/story.html). *The Boston Globe*. Retrieved March 28, 2016. --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Mark Gundrum](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Gundrum) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Gundrum?action=history)). 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