
Judge Dean was appointed to the bench in 2006. She attended the University of Northern Iowa and received her undergraduate degree in 1996 and received her Doctor of Jurisprudence in 1999 from the University of Tulsa. Judge Dean was a partner at Saunders, Humphrey, Johnson and Dean from 1999 to 2006. She is member of the Iowa Bar Association and serves on the Iowa Lawyers Assistance Program Board and on the Electronic Document Management System Commission.