Mark W. Bennett

Mark Warren Bennett (born June 4, 1950) is a former United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Iowa and a professor at Drake University Law School. Education Born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Bennett grew up in the Twin Cities and received his Bachelor of Arts degree in political science and urban studies from Gustavus Adolphus College in 1972 and a Juris Doctor from Drake University Law School in 1975. Legal career Bennett began his own firm, Babich, Bennett, & Nickerson, now known as Babich Goldman, after law school. He was in private practice in Des Moines, Iowa from 1975 to 1991 and also served as general counsel to the Iowa Civil Liberties Union from 1975 to 1989, specializing in employment, civil rights, and constitutional litigation. Bennett argued before the Supreme Court of the United States once and wrote several successful petitions for certiorari. He served on numerous committees for the Iowa State Bar Association and the Iowa Trial Lawyers Association.