Justice Mansfield was appointed to the Supreme Court in 2011.
Justice Mansfield was born and raised in Massachusetts. He received his undergraduate degree from Harvard in 1978, and his law degree from Yale in 1982. After law school, he clerked for Judge Patrick Higginbotham of the U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.
Justice Mansfield worked as an attorney in private practice until his appointment to the Iowa Court of Appeals in 2009. Justice Mansfield also has been an adjunct professor of law at Drake University since 1997.
Judge Mansfield is a member of the Standing Committee on the Federal Rules of Practice and Procedure. Justice Mansfield is a member of the Iowa State Bar Association, and has served several terms as Chair of the Trade Regulation Section. He also belongs to the Polk County Bar Association and the Iowa Judges Association
His current term expires December 31, 2028.