Court of Appeals, Judge Edward Mansfield

 
Judge Mansfield, Des Moines, was appointed to the Court of Appeals in 2009. He was born and raised in Massachusetts. He earned his undergraduate degree from Harvard College in 1978. He received his law degree from Yale in 1982. After law school he clerked for the U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Judge Mansfield was in private practice in Phoenix, Arizona and then Des Moines from 1983 until his appointment to the bench. Judge Mansfield also has been an adjunct professor of law at Drake University since 1997.

Judge Mansfield is a member of the Iowa State Bar Association, having served as Chair of the Trade Regulation Section from 2004-2006. Judge Mansfield is married and has three children.