• District Court, N.D. Iowa

  Judge

  2018 – present · 8 yrsAppointed by Donald John Trump

• District Court, N.D. Iowa

  mag

  2016 – 2018 · 2 yrs

• District Court, N.D. Iowa

  Law Clerk

  1988 – 1990 · 2 yrs

Career

• Adjunct professor

  University of South Dakota Law School

  2016 – present · 10 yrs

• Instructor

  North Iowa Area Community College

  2008 – 2010 · 2 yrs

• Adjunct professor

  University of Iowa College of Law

  2001 – present · 25 yrs

• Assistant U.S. attorney

  Northern District of Iowa

  1997 – 2016 · 19 yrs

• Private practice

  1992 – 1997 · 5 yrs

• Special assistant U.S. attorney (on detail)

  Eastern District of Virginia

  1991 – 1992 · 1 yr

• Trial attorney

  Criminal Division, U.S. Department of Justice

  1990 – 1992 · 2 yrs

Education

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