Judge Forker Parry was appointed as District Associate Judge in 2017. She received her undergraduate degree from the University of South Dakota, majoring in criminal justice, and her law degree from the University of South Dakota in 1998. She served as a Woodbury County Magistrate from 2008 until her appointment. Prior to her appointment, she was in private practice with the law firm Forker & Parry in Sioux City and was licensed to practice in Iowa and South Dakota. Judge Forker Parry served on the Supreme Court Advisory Committee on the Rules of Juvenile Procedure, Families First Task Force, Juvenile Justice Task Force and Judicial Education Committee. She currently serves on the Children’s Justice Advisory Committee and Children’s Justice State Council and is the Juvenile
Representative for the Iowa Judge’s Association. She is the presiding judge of the Woodbury County Family Treatment Court.