Iowa Court of Appeals

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Iowa Court of Appeals
Court information
Judges:	9
Judicial selection
Method:	Commission-selection, political appointment
Term:	6 years
Active judges
Richard Doyle  •  Amanda Potterfield  •  Larry Eisenhauer  •  Anuradha Vaitheswaran  •  John Miller  •  Gayle Vogel  •  Terry Huitink  •  Van Zimmer  •  Ronald Schechtman  •  Frank Nelson  •  Michael R. Mullins  •  David R. Danilson  •  Thomas N. Bower  •  Mary Tabor  •

The Iowa Court of Appeals is the intermediate appellate court in the state of Iowa. Its purpose is to review appeals from trial court decisions which are referred to the court by the Iowa Supreme Court. The court decides the vast majority of appeals filed from trial courts in the state of Iowa, and its decisions are final unless further review is granted by the Iowa Supreme Court.

The court is composed of nine judges. Each judge is appointed for one year by the governor, from a list of nominees composed by the State Judicial Nominating Commission. After this term (which lasts for one year and then until the January 1st following the next judicial election), the judge faces a retention election. If re-elected, his/her term will normally be six years. Retirement age is 72, after which some judges go on senior status.

The judges elect the Chief Judge from amongst themselves every two years. The chief judge functions as the administrative head of the court.

Judges

Judge	Term	Division	Appointed by	Party
Judge Richard Doyle	2008-2017
Judge Amanda Potterfield	2008-2017
Judge Larry Eisenhauer	2001-2015
Judge Anuradha Vaitheswaran	1999-2018
Judge John Miller	1999-2009
Judge Gayle Vogel	1996-2017
Judge Terry Huitink	1994-2008
Judge Van Zimmer
Senior Judge Ronald Schechtman
Judge Frank Nelson
Judge Michael R. Mullins	2011-2018		Gov. Terry Branstad
Judge David R. Danilson	2009-2017		Gov. Chet Culver
Judge Thomas N. Bower	2011-2014		Gov. Terry Branstad
Judge Mary Tabor	2010-2018		Gov. Chet Culver

Senior judges

• Terry Huitink
• Robert Mahan
• Frank Nelson
• Vern Robinson
• Rosemary Sackett
• Ronald Schechtman
• Van Zimmer

See also

• News: Iowa Court of Appeals upholds journalist's free speech, November 25, 2011
• News: 18 apply for Iowa Court of Appeals judgeship, November 7, 2011
• Iowa judicial elections, 2012

External links

• Judges of the Iowa Court of Appeals
• Website of the Iowa Court of Appeals

References

2012 election

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Candidate	Incumbent	Retention vote:	Retention Vote %
VaitheswaranAnuradha Vaitheswaran   A	Yes	724,621	69.86%A
TaborMary Tabor   A	Yes	809,274	76.95%A
MullinsMichael R. Mullins   A	Yes	800,302	76.65%A