IOWA
Iowa Organizer(s):
Celeste Bremer
celeste_bremer@iasd.uscourts.gov
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Emily Chafa
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Leslie Behaunek
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Women serving on the federal bench in Iowa include:
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Judge Rebecca Goodgame Ebinger (SD)
Chief Judge Stephanie Rose (SD)
Magistrate Judge Helen C Adams (SD)
Chief Magistrate Judge Kelly K.E. Mahoney (ND)
Magistrate Judge Celeste Bremer (recall)
Bankruptcy Judge Anita Shodeen (SD) (ret.)
Chief Bankruptcy Judge Lee M. Jackwig (SD)
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23% of Iowa’s state court judges are white women compared to 44% of the state’s population and less than 1% are women of color compared to 4% of the population. No women currently serve on Iowa’s Supreme Court.
Gavel Gap
Recent News
Iowa Supreme Court seeks more racially diverse juries (Oct, 2019)
Report: Iowa Fails at Appointing Women, Minority Judges (2016)
Ebinger confirmed as federal judge (2016)
Honorable Celeste Bremer 2014 winner of the Cristine Wilson Medal for Equality and Justice (2014)
Iowa woman nominated for 8th Circuit (2013)
Obama’s Iowa nominee has been tested (2013)
Judicial Branch lacks gender diversity: Disparity even more pronounced in Iowa (2011)
Retirements could open Iowa judiciary to diversity (2011)
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Resources
Iowa Nominating Commissions Guide to Iowa’s Court System (page 14 for judicial selection)