Saint Paul – Governor Tim Pawlenty today announced the reappointment of Judge Sheryl A. Ramstad to the Minnesota Tax Court. She is reappointed to another six-year term on the Tax Court that expires on January 5, 2015.

Ramstad, of St. Paul, has been a Tax Court judge since 2003. Previously, she was commissioner of the Minnesota Department of Corrections from 1999 to 2003, an attorney and partner in the Rider Bennett law firm in Minneapolis from 1986 to 1999, a Fourth Judicial District trial court judge in Hennepin County from 1982 to 1986, an assistant United States Attorney for the District of Minnesota from 1979 to 1982, and an assistant Hennepin County public defender from 1975 to 1978. Ramstad earned her juris doctorate degree with honors from the University of North Dakota School of Law in Grand Forks in 1975, and her bachelor of arts degree from the University of Minnesota in 1972.

Ramstad is an honorary director and past chair of the Board of Directors of the YMCA of Metropolitan Minneapolis, a member of the boards of directors of the Union Gospel Mission, ClearWay Minnesota, Center for the Victims of Torture, Sobriety High Foundation, secretary of the Minnesota Prayer Breakfast Committee, past chair of the University of Minnesota Women’s Intercollegiate Athletics Advisory Council, and volunteers with Sharing and Caring Hands and the Downtown Council of Churches Meals for the Homeless. She is also a member of the National Institute of Corrections as an appointee of the United States Attorney General, and was a member of the National Institute of Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism as an appointee of the United States Secretary of Health and Human Services.

The Tax Court hears appeals filed by taxpayers relating to any state or local tax, except special assessments. The Tax Court consists of three judges appointed by the Governor who have knowledge of taxation and tax laws.