Pam Bondi
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| Attorney General of Florida | |
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| Assumed office January 4, 2011 |
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| Governor | Rick Scott |
| Preceded by | Bill McCollum |
| Assistant State Attorney for the 13th Judicial Circuit of Florida | |
| In office 1992–2009 |
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| Born | Pamela Jo Bondi November 17, 1965 [1] Tampa, Florida[1] |
| Political party | Republican |
| Alma mater | University of Florida (B.A.) Stetson University College of Law (J.D.)[1] |
Pamela Jo "Pam" Bondi[2] (born November 17, 1965) is the current Attorney General of Florida.
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Early life and education [edit]
Bondi's hometown is Temple Terrace, Florida. Her father, Joseph Bondi, was a City Councilman and then Mayor of Temple Terrace. She is a graduate of C. Leon King High School in Tampa, Florida. Bondi graduated from the University of Florida in 1987 with a degree in Criminal Justice. She then graduated from Stetson Law School with a JD in 1990 and was admitted to the Florida Bar on June 24, 1991.[3]
Early career [edit]
She is a former prosecutor and spokeswoman in Hillsborough County, Florida where she worked as an Assistant State Attorney. Bondi resigned this position to seek the office of Attorney General of Florida. She has made guest appearances on Scarborough Country with Joe Scarborough and various other cable news programming on MSNBC and worked for Fox News as a legal analyst.
Bondi prosecuted former Major League Baseball player Dwight Gooden for violating the terms of his probation and for substance abuse. Bondi also prosecuted the Martin Anderson death defendants.
Attorney General [edit]
On December 1, 2009, Bondi officially announced that she would be running for Florida Attorney General.[4] On August 24, 2010 she won the Republican primary for this post, narrowly defeating Lieutenant Governor Jeff Kottkamp in a 3-way race. She was endorsed by former Alaska Governor and 2008 vice-presidential candidate Sarah Palin during the primary. On November 2, 2010, she defeated Democratic state Senator Dan Gelber, to become the Attorney General of the State of Florida by a 55% to 41% margin.[5]
Bondi was the lead attorney general in an unsuccessful lawsuit seeking to overturn Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA), Florida et al v. United States Department of Health and Human Services. In the lawsuit the State of Florida and 26 other states argued that the individual mandate provision of the PPACA violates the Constitution.
Personal life [edit]
Bondi was married to Garret Barnes from 1990 to 1992, and to Scott Fitzgerald from 1997 to 2002. She is currently engaged to ophthalmologist Greg Henderson.[citation needed] She addressed the Republican National Convention in Tampa, Florida.
References [edit]
- ^ a b c "Attorney General-elect Pam Bondi (FL)". Project Vote Smart. Retrieved 25 November 2010.
- ^ "Pamela Jo Bondi" AVVO Professional ratings
- ^ "Lawyer info-Pam Bondi" Florida Bar, Find a Lawyer
- ^ "Hillsborough's Pam Bondi running for attorney general". .tbo.com. 2009-12-01. Retrieved 2010-10-31.
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External links [edit]
- Pam Bondi for Attorney General – Official campaign website
- Pam Bondi at the Internet Movie Database
- Pam Bondi on Project Vote Smart
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| Preceded by Bill McCollum |
Attorney General of Florida 2011–present |
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