Judge Thomas J. Kalitowski

Chambers Phone: 651-297-3530

Appointed/Elected:

Appointed by Governor Rudy Perpich in November of 1987. Elected in 1990, 1996, 2002 and 2008. His current term expires in January 2015.

Personal:

Judge Kalitowski was born March 26, 1948. He is married and has two children.

Education:

J.D., cum laude, University of Minnesota Law School, 1973

B.A., magna cum laude, University of Minnesota, 1970

Employment:

• Commissioner of the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency.
  May 1984 - November 1987
• Chairman of the Minnesota Environmental Quality Board and Director of the Environmental Division of the State Planning Agency.
  June 1983 - May 1984
• Chairman of the Minnesota Water Planning Board and Chairman of the Upper Mississippi River Basin Association and the Red River Water Resources Council.
  August 1977 - June 1983
• Assistant Commissioner of the Minnesota Department of Agriculture.
  January 1975 - August 1977
• Special Assistant Attorney General - attorney for Department of Agriculture, Livestock Sanitary Board, Veterinary Examining Board, and Horticultural Society.
  September 1973 - January 1975
• Law Clerk for Hennepin County District Court Judge Lindsay Arthur.
  May 1972 - June 1973