Judge Chappell, Iowa City, was appointed to the bench on February 10, 2017. He earned his Bachelor of Arts with High Honors in Political Theory and Constitutional Democracies from James Madison College at Michigan State University in 1994 and his Juris Doctor with Honors from the University of Iowa College of Law in 1997. Prior to being appointed, Judge Chappell was in private practice in Iowa City from 1997-2000, and was an Assistant Johnson County Attorney in the Civil Division from 2000-2017. Judge Chappell is a member of the Iowa State Bar Association and the Johnson County Bar Association and served on the Iowa Supreme Court Attorney Disciplinary Board and the ISBA Jury Instructions Committee prior to his appointment. He is married and has one child.