Leonard Terry Strand

Leonard Terry Strand (born July 14, 1965) is the Chief United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Iowa and a former United States magistrate judge of the same court. Education Strand was born on July 14, 1965, raised in Sioux City, Iowa, and graduated from West High School as valedictorian. He received a Bachelor of Arts degree, with high distinction and Phi Beta Kappa, in 1987 from the University of Iowa. He received a Juris Doctor, with highest distinction, first in his class, and Order of the Coif, in 1990 from the University of Iowa College of Law. During law school, he worked at Vinson & Elkins in Houston and Simmons Perrine Moyer Bergman in Cedar Rapids and also contributed to The Journal of Corporation Law. Career After graduating from law school, Strand joined Simmons Perrine Moyer Bergman as an associate. He was a partner at the firm from 1996 to 2012. During his service with the firm, he specialized in commercial litigation and employment law and served on the firm's management committee. He was also briefly an arbitrator for the American Arbitration Association.