Judge Rogers was appointed District Associate Judge in January 2017. He attended the University of Iowa College of Liberal Arts, where he received his Bachelor of Arts Degree with honors, majoring in sociology in 1997 and his Juris Doctor from the University of Iowa College of Law in 2000. After being admitted to the Iowa bar, Judge Rogers worked as First Assistant Des Moines County Attorney from 2000-2017. In 2012, Judge Rogers received the Iowa County Attorney’s Association Staff Attorney Award of Merit.