News Release
June 1, 2010
Contact: Steve
Davis, Court Communications Officer, (515)725-8058
Judge
Tabor Investiture June 9
Des
Moines, June 1, 2010——On
Wednesday, June 9, 2010, at 3:30 p.m. Appellate Court Judge Mary Tabor will
take the oath of office in a public ceremony in the supreme court courtroom in
the Judicial Branch Building. Judge Tabor, 46, will fill the vacancy that
resulted from the retirement of Court of Appeals Judge Robert Mahan.
Tabor was an
attorney with the Office of the Attorney General from 1993 until her
appointment to the court of appeals. She was named Director of the Criminal
Appeals Division in 1999. Tabor was born in Maquoketa, Iowa, and received her
bachelor's degree from the University of Iowa in 1985. She graduated from the
University of Iowa Law School in 1991. She was a staff attorney in the Federal
Election Commission Office of General Counsel from 1991-1993. Tabor is a member
of the Blackstone Inn of Court and the Iowa State Bar Association.
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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2010
Iowa
Supreme Court
1111
East Court Avenue
Des
Moines, IA 50319
515-281-3952
