Pam Bondi biography: 13 things about attorney born in Tampa, Florida

Pam Bondi

Pamela Jo “Pam” Bondi is an American attorney, lobbyist and politician born in Tampa, Florida, United States and raised in Temple Terrace, Florida. She is the first woman elected as Florida attorney general.

Bondi’s father served as a city council member and mayor in Temple Terrace. She attended C. Leon King High School in Tampa, the University of Florida in Gainesville, Florida and the Stetson University College of Law in Gulfport, Florida.

Pam is a member of the Republican Party. Here are 13 more things about her:

1. In 1987, she graduated from the University of Florida with a bachelor’s degree in criminal justice.
2. In 1990, she graduated from the Stetson University College of Law with a Juris Doctor.
3. From 1990 to 1992, she was married to Garret Barnes.
4. On June 24, 1991, she was admitted to the Florida Bar.
5. From 1996 to 2002, she was married to Scott Fitzgerald.
6. In 2006, she prosecuted Dwight Gooden for violating the terms of his probation and substance abuse.
7. In 2007, she prosecuted Charles Enfinger, Charles Helms Jr., Henry Dickens, Henry McFadden Jr., Joseph Walsh II, Kristin Schmidt, Patrick Garrett and Raymond Hauck, the defendants in Martin Anderson‘s death.
8. From January 4, 2011 to January 8, 2019, she served as the 37th attorney general of Florida.
9. In 2019, she started working as a registered foreign agent for the government of Qatar and she was hired by Ballard Partners, a firm with close ties to Donald Trump.
10. In 2020, she was of one Trump’s defense lawyers during his first impeachment trial.
11. In August 2018, she co-hosted “The Five” on Fox News.
12. On November 17, 2024, she turned 59.
13. On November 21, 2024, Trump announced she would be nominated for U.S. attorney general.