Magistrate Leslie A. Dalen was appointed to serve Hancock County in 2018. She earned her undergraduate degree from Miami University in 1990 and her law degree from Drake University Law School in 1993. She worked as an assistant public defender from 1993 to 2013 and served as a Floyd County Magistrate from 2013 to 2017. Magistrate Dalen is a member of the Iowa State Bar Association and the Iowa Magistrate Association.