ST. PAUL, MN – Today, Governor Mark Dayton announced the appointment of Tamar N. Gronvall as a Judge of the Minnesota Tax Court. Ms. Gronvall is appointed to a six year term, which will expire on January 2, 2023.
“Ms. Tamar N. Gronvall has extensive knowledge of Minnesota tax law, and has earned the respect of her colleagues in the field,” said Governor Dayton. “Ms. Gronvall has a long record of service to the public and her community, and I thank her for agreeing to continue her service on behalf of the people of Minnesota in this important role.”
Ms. Gronvall is the General Counsel in the Office of Legal Services at the Minnesota Department of Commerce, where she manages and leads a team of attorneys advising the agency in the areas of consumer protection, banking, insurance, energy, insurance fraud, contracts, and employment law. Previously, she was the Manager of the Tax Litigation, Bankruptcy and Education Divisions and an Assistant Attorney General in the Health Licensing Division of the Office of the Minnesota Attorney General, an associate attorney at the law firms of Leonard, Street and Deinard and Terhaar, Archibald, Pfefferle & Griebl LLP, and a judicial law clerk to the Honorable Roberta K. Levy, Fourth Judicial District. She was also an adjunct professor at the University of Minnesota Law School from 2003-2007. Ms. Gronvall earned her B.A. and J.D. from the University of Minnesota.
Ms. Gronvall is Co-Chair of the Minnesota Women Lawyers Leadership Award Committee, a volunteer attorney at the Tubman Chrysalis Center Safety Project, and previously was a volunteer refugee asylum attorney at The Advocates for Human Rights.
The Minnesota Tax Court is an executive branch court established by the Minnesota Legislature to hear and consider tax-related cases.
