Winona – Governor Tim Pawlenty today announced the appointment of Nancy Bostrack to a Third Judicial District trial court bench vacancy in the city of Winona in Winona County. The vacancy occurred with the retirement of the Honorable Margaret Shaw Johnson on May 13, 2008.

Bostrack is an assistant Winona County Attorney, a position she has held since 1992. She was also an adjunct professor at Winona State University from 1996 to 2003. Bostrack earned her juris doctorate degree from Hamline University School of Law in St. Paul in 1991, and her bachelor of business administration degree from the University of Wisconsin, Madison, in 1988.

“Nancy is highly respected in the judicial system for her legal knowledge, courtroom ability, and integrity,” Governor Pawlenty said. “As a judge, she will make sure that every case that comes before her is handled fairly and that people are treated with respect.”

Bostrack is a member of the Minnesota State and Winona County Bar Associations, Winona Family YMCA, volunteers with Bluffview Montessori School and is active with the Pleasant Valley Evangelical Free Church. She was a member of the Winona County Developmental Achievement Center Board, has been a speaker at a number of police and reserve officer training classes as well as Winona State University classes, and has received the “Outstanding Woman in Business” award in 2003 from Women in Business, as well as the greater recognition award in 2007 from Mothers Against Drunk Driving.

Bostrack was born in Chicago, and lives in Winona with her husband, Paul, and their two children, Jacob and Zachary, both 5.