Marilyn Penner is a lawyer with Wallace Meschishnick Clackson Zawada.  She was raised on the family farm at Choiceland, Saskatchewan. She received her Bachelor of Arts with Distinction from Camrose Lutheran College in 1989. She graduated from the College of Law, University of Saskatchewan in 1993 and was admitted to the Bar in Saskatchewan in February, 1995.

Marilyn's practice includes family law, labour and employment law, and general litigation. Marilyn completed Mediation training in 1996 and has been approved as a Mediator by the Law Society of Saskatchewan.  She is also a member of the Collaborative Lawyers Association of Saskatchewan having completed her training in the spring of 2002.

Marilyn has presented on family law topics at various conferences and seminars for the Saskatchewan Legal Education Society Inc., the Canadian Bar Association ("CBA") Mid-Winter Meeting and the Saskatchewan Trial Lawyers Association ("STLA").  She has also been a volunteer lecturer for the Public Legal Education Association of Saskatchewan.

Marilyn is the Chair of the CBA Family Law North Section for 2005-2007 and a board member of the Saskatchewan Legal Education Society Inc.. Marilyn is a Past President of the STLA having also sat as a District Governor and Chair of the Spring Conference Committee. 

Marilyn's community involvement includes being a member of Business Professional Women of Saskatoon.  She also keeps busy outside of work playing indoor and outdoor soccer and “running” her two children to and from their activities.