Biography

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   Jim Mork served as a district judge for 22 years in Albert Lea, Austin and Rochester. He began his  
   judicial career in 1978 by defeating Rochester City Attorney Gerald Swanson with 61 percent of the
   vote in the Third Judicial District; most of the counties of the Third Judicial District are included in the
   First Congressional District. 

   Mork, 65, has been practicing law in Rochester and Southeastern Minnesota since stepping down 
   from the bench in 2001.  He specializes in mediation and arbitration, and is a trial attorney in both
   criminal and civil matters.  Mork and his wife reside in Rochester.  They have two adult children.

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