Governor Tim Pawlenty today announced the appointment of Robert D. Tiffany to a Ninth Judicial District trial court bench vacancy in the city of Park Rapids in Hubbard County. The opening occurred with the retirement of the Honorable Jay D. Mondry on November 1, 2006. Sixteen people applied for this position.

Tiffany is an attorney and partner in the Park Rapids law firm of Wallace and Tiffany. He has been an attorney with the firm since 1996. Tiffany was the Redwood County Attorney from 1991 to 1996, and an associate attorney with the St. Paul law firm of Jardine, Logan and O’Brien from 1988 to 1991. Tiffany earned his juris doctorate degree from William Mitchell College of Law in St. Paul in 1987, and participated in the University of San Diego Institute on International and Comparative Law London program at King’s College in London England while in law school. He earned his bachelor of arts degree from the University of Minnesota in 1982.

“Rob brings a wealth of experience in both civil and criminal law, and has practiced in both the private, and public sectors,” Governor Pawlenty said. “He has also had some unique life experiences that will serve him well as a judge.”

Tiffany is a member of the Minnesota State Bar Association and serves as a mock trial judge through its mock trial program. He is also a member of the Hubbard County Children’s Justice Initiative Team, board member and chair of the Park Rapids Living at Home/Block Nurse Program, member and chair of the Hubbard County Developmental Achievement Center Board, and board member and vice-chair of the Park Rapids Area Kinship. He is a past chair of the Park Rapids Chamber of Commerce, had been a volunteer with Park Rapids Fastbreak Basketball, and a den leader with Cub Scouts of America in Park Rapids.

Tiffany, 48, was born in Redwood Falls, and lives in Park Rapids with his wife, Patty, and their two sons, Will, 18, and Ted, 15.