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Henry W. Latham

Chief Judge: District 7

Chief Judge Latham, Eldridge, was appointed to the bench in 2013 and named chief judge in 2023. Judge Latham has been a lifetime resident of Scott County. After graduating from West High School he continued his education at St. Ambrose College and ultimately obtained his law degree from the University...

Joel W. Barrows

District Court Judge: District 7

Judge Barrows, Bettendorf, was appointed to the bench in 2012. After being raised in Folletts and Camanche, Iowa, he received a bachelor's degree from Coe College in 1983, a master's degree in history from Southern Illinois University in 1986, a law degree from Drake University in 1989, and a master...

Jeffrey D. Bert

District Court Judge: District 7

Judge Jeffrey D. Bert was appointed to the bench in December of 2019. In April of 2021, Judge Bert was also appointed by the Iowa Supreme Court to the Business Specialty Court. He received his Bachelor of Arts Degree with distinction from Iowa State University in 1989 and his law...

Meghan K. Corbin

District Court Judge: District 7

Judge Corbin, Davenport, was appointed to the bench in 2021. She received her undergraduate degree from the University of Iowa in 2008 and her law degree from the University of Iowa College of Law in 2011. Prior to her appointment to the bench, Judge Corbin was in private practice and...

Mark R. Fowler

District Court Judge: District 7

Judge Fowler, Bettendorf, was appointed to the district court bench in July of 2018. He served as district associate judge from 2012 until his appointment to district court judge. He earned his BA degree from Augustana College in 1990, his MBA degree from Saint Ambrose University in 1997 and his...

Marlita A. Greve

District Court Judge: District 7

Judge Greve, Davenport, was appointed to the bench in 2006 and served as chief judge from 2013 to 2023. She received her undergraduate degree from Upper Iowa University Magna Cum Laude and her law degree from the University of Iowa College of Law in 1992 with High Distinction. After graduation...

Mark R. Lawson

District Court Judge: District 7

Judge Lawson, Bellevue, was appointed to the bench in 2013. He was born in Davenport, Iowa. He is a 1976 graduate of St. Ambrose College and obtained a law degree from Drake University in 1979. He was in private practice in Maquoketa, Iowa from 1979- 2013. He also served as...

Patrick A. McElyea

District Court Judge: District 7

Patrick McElyea, Davenport, was appointed to the bench in 2017. He received his undergraduate degree from Central College and his law degree from Drake University Law School. He previously served as a Special Assistant United States Attorney in the Southern District of Iowa.

Thomas G. Reidel

District Court Judge: District 7

Judge Reidel, Muscatine, was appointed to the bench in 2011. He received his undergraduate degree from Iowa State University in 1989 and his law degree from the University of Iowa in 1992 with High Distinction. After graduation from law school, he was in private practice, in Muscatine, Iowa, from 1992...

Tamra J. Roberts

District Court Judge: District 7

Judge Roberts was appointed to the District Court Bench in 2019. She previously served as a magistrate in Cedar County in 2014-2019. She earned her bachelor's degree from Central College in 2003 and her law degree from William Mitchell College of Law in 2009. She is a member of the...

John D. Telleen

District Court Judge: District 7

Judge Telleen was appointed to the bench in 2011. He received his Bachelor of Arts Degree from Augustana College in 1980, and his law degree from the University of Iowa College of Law in 1984. Prior to his appointment to the bench, he was engaged in the private practice of...

Stuart P. Werling

District Court Judge: District 7

Judge Werling, Tipton, was appointed to serve Cedar County as a magistrate in 1986 before being appointed to the district court bench in 2014. He earned his bachelor's degree from the University of Iowa in 1978 and his law degree from the University of Arkansas in 1980. Stuart Werling is...

Mark D. Cleve

Senior District Court Judge: District 7

Judge Cleve, Davenport, was appointed to the bench in 1998. He was born in Davenport, Iowa. He received both his undergraduate and law education from the University of Iowa. After graduating from law school in 1981, he served as Assistant County Attorney for Black Hawk County. He was in private...

Christine Dalton Ploof

District Associate Judge: District 7

Christine Dalton Ploof, Bettendorf, was appointed to the bench in November 2006. She received her bachelor's degree from Coe College in 1986, and her law degree from the University of Iowa College of Law in 1989. Prior to her appointment to the bench, she worked at the State Public Defender's...

Michael E. Motto

District Associate Judge: District 7

Judge Motto, Davenport, was appointed to the bench in 2021. He received his undergraduate degrees from the University of Iowa in 2002 and his law degree from Chicago-Kent College of Law in 2006. Prior to his appointment to the bench, Judge Motto served as a Magistrate in Scott County from...

Kimberly K. Shepherd

District Associate Judge: District 7

Judge Shepherd, Bettendorf, was appointed to the bench in 2021. Born in Clinton, Iowa, she earned her bachelor’s degree from Iowa State University in 1997 and her law degree from the University of Iowa College of Law in 2003. Prior to her appointment to the bench, she served as an...

Gary P. Strausser

District Associate Judge: District 7

Judge Strausser was appointed to the bench in 2005. He earned his bachelor's degree from Towson State University and his Law Degree from Drake University Law School. He also earned his Master's Degree from the School of Journalism and Mass Communication at Drake University. After graduating from Law School he...

Korie L. Talkington

District Associate Judge: District 7

Judge Talkington, Muscatine, was appointed to the bench in 2018. She earned her bachelor's degree and law degree from the University of Iowa. After graduating from law school in 1999, she served as an Assistant State Attorney in the Eighteenth Judicial District of Florida. She served as an Assistant Muscatine...

Cheryl E. Traum

District Associate Judge: District 7

Judge Traum was appointed to the bench in 2012. She earned a BA Degree in 1979 from the University of Northern Iowa, and her law degree from the Northern Illinois College of Law in 1998. She is a member of the Iowa State Bar Association and the Scott County Bar...

Katherine R. Abel

Magistrate: Cedar County

Magistrate Katie Reidy Abel, Dubuque, was appointed to serve Cedar County in 2021. She earned her undergraduate degree from the University of Northern Iowa in 2010, her Master of Public Policy from the University of Northern Iowa in 2012, and her law degree from the University of Iowa College of...

Paul A. Aitken

Magistrate: Scott County

Ryan M. Beckenbaugh

Magistrate: Scott County

Magistrate Beckenbaugh of Bettendorf, Iowa, was appointed to serve Scott County in September of 2021. He attended The University of Iowa for both his undergraduate degree in English (2012) and his Juris Doctor degree (2015). Magistrate Beckenbaugh is a co-president of the Dillon Inn of Court, serves on the Executive...

Catherine Z. Cartee

Magistrate: Scott County

Magistrate Catherine Z. Cartee was appointed to serve Scott County in 2021.

Christine D. Frederick

Magistrate: Scott County

Magistrate Frederick, Davenport, was appointed to serve Scott County in 2013. She earned her undergraduate degree from Marycrest College in 1979 and her law degree from the University of Iowa Law School in 1999. Magistrate Frederick has been in private practice since 2000 in Davenport.

Peter G. Gierut

Magistrate: Scott County

Magistrate Peter G. Gierut of Davenport, Iowa was appointed to serve Scott County in 2021. He earned his undergraduate degree from The University of Iowa in 2007 and his law degree from Drake University in 2010. He has been in private practice in Scott County, Iowa since 2011. Magistrate Gierut...

Lynne C. Jasper

Magistrate: Muscatine County

Lynne C. Jasper was appointed to serve Muscatine County in 2023.

Michael M. Judge

Magistrate: Clinton County

Magistrate Michael M. Judge, Clinton, was appointed to serve Clinton County in 1993. He earned his undergraduate degree from Coe College in 1976 and his law degree from Drake University in 1988. Judge served as a juvenile court referee from 1990 to 1993 and is a member of the Clinton...

Kyle R. Maurer

Magistrate: Cedar County

Magistrate Kyle R. Maurer, Clarence, was appointed to serve Cedar County in 2021. He earned his undergraduate degree from Coe College in 2008 and his law degree from the University of Iowa College of Law in 2015. Maurer has been in private practice since 2015 and is a member of...

Sarah E. Oldsen

Magistrate: Jackson County

Magistrate Sarah Oldsen was appointed to serve Jackson County in 2019. She earned her undergraduate degree at Central College in 2008 and her law degree from Western State University in 2011. Oldsen is a member of the Clinton County, Jackson County, and Iowa State Bar Associations. She is married and...

Jay R. Sommers

Magistrate: Scott County

Magistrate Jay Sommers was appointed to serve Scott County in 2021. He earned his undergraduate degree from St. Ambrose University in 1994 and a law degree in 1999 from Thomas M. Cooley Law School – Lansing, Michigan. He is a member of the Iowa Magistrate's Association, the Iowa State Bar...

Elizabeth A. Srp

Magistrate: Clinton County

Elizabeth A. Srp has served as a Clinton County magistrate since 2017. She earned her bachelor's degree from Truman State University in 1998 and her law degree from the University of Kansas in 2001.

Eric C. Syverud

Magistrate: Scott County

Magistrate Eric C. Syverud, Riverdale, was appointed to serve Scott County in 2016. He earned his undergraduate degree from the University of Iowa in 1987 and his law degree from the University of Iowa College of Law in 1991. Magistrate Syverud is a member of the Scott County Bar Association...

Cynthia Zamora Taylor

Magistrate: Scott County

Magistrate Cynthia Zamora Taylor was appointed to serve Scott County in 1998. She received her undergraduate degree from St. Ambrose College in 1981 and her law degree from the University of Iowa in 1986. Taylor has been in private practice since 1988.

Joel A. Walker

Magistrate: Muscatine County

Magistrate Joel Walker was appointed to serve Muscatine County in 2019. After graduating from West High School in Davenport, he earned an Associate’s Degree from Scott Community College in Bettendorf in 1995; a Bachelor’s Degree from St. Ambrose University in Davenport in 1998; and a Juris Doctor from Thomas M....

Richard D. Wells

Magistrate: Scott County

Magistrate Richard D. "Doug" Wells was appointed to serve Scott County in 1989. Having been born and raised in Davenport, Iowa, he earned a bachelor's degree from the University of Iowa in 1978 and a law degree from the University of Iowa in 1981. He served as an assistant in...

Stephen P. Wing

Magistrate: Scott County

Magistrate Stephen P. Wing was appointed to serve Scott County in 2009. He earned his bachelor's degree from Ripon College, Ripon, Wisconsin in 1977 and his law degree from the University of Iowa in 1980. He has practiced law in Davenport since 1981. He is admitted in both Iowa and...

Brian C. Wright

Magistrate: Clinton County

Magistrate Brian C. Wright, Clinton, was appointed to serve Clinton County in 2021. He earned his undergraduate degree from the University of Iowa in 1982 and his law degree from the University of Iowa College of Law in 1985. Wright is a member of the Clinton County Bar, Iowa State...

John E. Wunder

Magistrate: Muscatine County

Magistrate John E. Wunder, born and raised in Waverly, Iowa, was appointed as a Muscatine County Judicial Magistrate in February , 2011. He earned his Bachelor of Science degree at Wartburg College, Waverly, Iowa in 1977, and his law degree at University of Iowa Law School, Iowa City, Iowa in...

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