News Release
July 10, 2009
Contact: Steve
Davis, Court Communications Officer, (515)725-8058
Nominating
Commission Seeks Applicants for Iowa Court of Appeals
Des
Moines, July 10, 2009—The
State Judicial Nominating Commission is accepting applications to fill the
vacancy on the Iowa Court of Appeals that will occur when Court of Appeals
Judge John C. Miller retires July 23, 2009.
The
commission will meet on August 17-18, 2009, to select three nominees to submit
to the Governor. The vacancy shall be filled by appointment by the
Governor from the list of nominees. Nominees must be residents of the state,
licensed to practice law in Iowa, and must be of such age that they will be
able to serve an initial and one regular term of office before reaching the age
of 72.
To be most
favorably considered for balloting, a candidate for nomination must file a
notice of intent to file an application with the secretary of the commission by
August 3, 2009, and submit a completed questionnaire to the secretary of the
commission and all commissioners. The completed questionnaire must be
filed with the secretary of the commission, or if mailed it must be postmarked,
on or before August 7, 2009.
Any citizen
may submit in writing to the secretary of the commission, or to any
commissioner, the names of persons for consideration as a candidate for
nomination and express views concerning such candidate.
The names and
addresses of the commission members and secretary are:
Justice Mark
Cady, Chair
P.O. Box 507
Ft. Dodge, IA
50501
Elected
Lawyer Members
Jean Dickson
111 East 3rd
Street, Ste. 600
Davenport,
IA 52801-1596
Steven J.
Pace
115 Third
Street SE, Suite 500
P.O. Box 2107
Cedar Rapids,
IA 52406-2107
Beth Walker
208 N. 2nd
Ave. W.
Newton,
IA 50208
Amy J.
Skogerson
P.O. Box 252
Van Meter,
IA 50261
Joseph L.
Fitzgibbons
PO Box 496
Estherville,
IA 51334
Guy R. Cook
PO Box 10434
Des Moines,
IA 50306
H. Daniel
Holm, Jr.
P.O. Box 2696
Waterloo,
IA 50704
Appointed
Members
Margaret G.
Redenbaugh
160 Casino
Road
Storm Lake,
Iowa 50588
Coleen A.
Denefe
513 East Alta
Vista
Ottumwa,
IA 52501
Mary Beth
Lawler
111 Foster
Boulevard
Iowa Falls,
IA 50126
Madalin A.
Williams
1629
California Ave.
Iowa City,
IA 52240
David C.
Cochran
1200 Glen Oak
Ave.
Dubuque,
IA 52001
Steven Brody
15049
Wildwood Drive
Clive, IA
50325
Timothy L.
Mikkelsen
7440 NW 100th
Street
Grimes,
IA 50111
Secretary
of the Commission
David K. Boyd
State Court
Administrator
1111 E. Court
Avenue
Des Moines,
IA 50319
(515)281-5241
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2009
Iowa
Supreme Court
1111
East Court Avenue
Des
Moines, IA 50319
515-281-3952
