News Release
June 15, 2009
Contact: Steve
Davis, Court Communications Officer, (515)725-8058
Iowa Court
of Appeals Judge John Miller to Retire
Des
Moines, June 15, 2009——Iowa
Court of Appeals Judge John Miller of Burlington has announced his retirement.
Judge Miller, 66, will retire July 23, 2009. He was appointed to the Iowa Court
of Appeals in 1999.
"It has
been my privilege to serve the people of Iowa as a judge," Judge Miller said.
"Our hard-working and dedicated judges and judicial branch employees have made
what can be demanding and challenging work a pleasure. I will miss working
with them on a daily basis, but look forward to having more time for family,
friends, and other pursuits."
Judge
Miller's judicial career spans a third of a century, including five years as a
part-time judicial hospitalization referee while in private practice from 1975
to 1980, more than eighteen years as a district court judge, including fourteen
months as Chief Judge of the Eighth Judicial District, and nearly ten years on
the Iowa Court of Appeals. He attended undergraduate and law school at the
University of Iowa, receiving his bachelor's degree in 1969 and his law degree,
with distinction, in 1975.
During his
judicial career Judge Miller served on the Judicial Administration Committee of
the Iowa State Bar Association for nearly twenty years and co-chaired its ad
hoc judicial plebiscite committee. He was also an active member of the
Iowa Judges Association, serving on most of its committees, including three
separate terms on its board of directors, where he held each of its offices,
including its presidency in 1998-99. Even in retirement, Judge Miller does not
plan to end his service to the Iowa Judicial Branch.
"I will apply
to serve as a senior judge, and will be happy to continue working for the
courts in any way that I can," he said. "I hope to continue to contribute to
the courts, and to maintain the relationships established over the years."
Under Iowa
law, the vacancy that will occur upon Judge Miller's retirement will be filled
by appointment by the Governor from a list of three nominees which will be
submitted by the State Judicial Nominating Commission.
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