Thomas D. Waterman

Thomas D. Waterman (born 1959) is a justice of the Iowa Supreme Court. Education Waterman was born in Davenport, Iowa. He graduated from Bettendorf High School and received a degree in history from Dartmouth College in 1981. He then graduated Order of the Coif in the top five percent of his class from the University of Iowa College of Law in 1984. Legal career Waterman practiced for 27 years at the Davenport law firm Lane & Waterman LLP. He was a fourth-generation partner in the firm and specialized in civil trial and appellate litigation. Waterman was ranked in Band 1 for commercial litigation by Chambers and Partners and was also recognized by The Best Lawyers in America. He was also a member of the Iowa State Judicial Nominating Commission and the American College of Trial Lawyers. Iowa Supreme Court Waterman was one of three justices appointed by Iowa Governor Terry Branstad in 2011. In November 2010, Iowa voters had removed all three justices seeking reelection in response to the court unanimously legalizing same-sex marriage in Varnum v. Brien. Waterman is an elected member of the American Law Institute. He is the second member of his family to serve on the Iowa Supreme Court after Charles M. Waterman, who founded Lane & Waterman.