• Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit

  Judge

  2003 – present · 23 yrsAppointed by George W. Bush

Career

• U.S. attorney for the Southern District of Iowa

  2001 – 2003 · 2 yrs

• Adjunct lecturer

  University of Iowa College of Law

  2000 – present · 26 yrs

• Private practice

  Iowa

  1999 – 2001 · 2 yrs

• Associate independent counsel

  Whitewater investigation

  1995 – 1996 · 1 yr

• Assistant U.S. attorney

  Northern District of Iowa

  1991 – 1999 · 8 yrs

• Special assistant to the assistant attorney general

  Office of Legal Counsel, U.S. Department of Justice

  1990 – 1991 · 1 yr

• Law clerk

  Hon. William H. Rehnquist, Supreme Court of the United States

  1989 – 1990 · 1 yr

• Law clerk

  Hon. Laurence H. Silberman, U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit

  1988 – 1989 · 1 yr

Education