Justice Brent R. Appel

Justice Appel, Ackworth, was appointed to the Supreme Court in 2006.   

  

A Dubuque native, he received his bachelor's and master's degree from Stanford University in California in 1973 and his J.D. degree from the University of California, Berkeley, in 1977. 

   

Following graduation from law school, Justice Appel served as a court law clerk for the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit.  In 1979, Justice Appel was appointed Iowa First Assistant Attorney General, and in 1983 became Iowa Deputy Attorney General.  While serving in the Iowa Attorney General's office, Justice Appel argued and briefed four cases before the United States Supreme Court, including the second "Christian burial" case, Nix V. Williams.  In 1987 until 2006, Justice Appel was engaged in private practice in central Iowa. 

  

Justice Appel is a member of the C. Edwin Moore Inn of Court.  He has served on the Supreme Court's Bar Conduct Committee and is currently a member of the Subcommittee on Supreme Court Rules of Practice and  Procedure. 

  

Justice Appel is married and has five sons and a daughter.  His current term expires December 31, 2016.