News Release June 12, 2009
Contact:	Steve Davis, Court Communications Officer, (515) 725-8058

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Judge Mansfield Investiture June 22, 2009

 

Des Moines, June 12, 2009— On June 22, 2009 at 3:30 p.m., Chief Justice Marsha Ternus, Iowa Supreme Court, will administer the oath of office to Appellate Court Judge Edward Mansfield in a public ceremony in the supreme court courtroom in the Judicial Branch Building.  Judge Mansfield, 52, fills the vacancy that resulted from the retirement of Court of Appeals Judge Terry Huitink.

 

Judge Mansfield was born and raised in Massachusetts. He earned his undergraduate degree from Harvard in 1978. He received his law degree from Yale in 1982. After law school he clerked one year for Judge Patrick Higginbotham of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, before entering private practice in Phoenix, Arizona. In 1996, Judge Mansfield moved to Des Moines, where he practiced with the law firm of Belin Lamson McCormick Zumbach Flynn, P.C. until his appointment to the bench. Judge Mansfield also has served as 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. Among his community activities, Judge Mansfield has been a past Chair of the Board of Directors of Goodwill Industries of Central Iowa. Judge Mansfield is married and has three children.

 

Media Advisory: The court will allow cameras and audio recording equipment in the courtroom subject to available space. If you wish to be present for the entire ceremony and have camera and recording equipment to install, please arrive twenty minutes in advance of the ceremony. If you wish to record only a portion of the proceedings inside the courtroom, please call Steve Davis to make arrangements. The media room will also be open for use by the media. For questions about equipment set-up, contact Jim Evans at 281-5241.

 

 

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