American judge (born 1957)
Edward M. Mansfield (born January 12, 1957) is an American lawyer who is a justice of the Iowa Supreme Court .[ 1]
Education
Mansfield grew up in Massachusetts .[ 2] His mother was a refugee from the Soviet Union .[ 3] He graduated from Harvard College , magna cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa , in 1978 and Yale Law School in 1982.[ 4] [ 5] During law school, Mansfield worked at the Boston office of Sullivan & Worcester and at the Los Angeles office of O'Melveny & Myers . He declined offers from both firms to join them permanently.[ 5]
Career
After law school Mansfield clerked for Judge Patrick Higginbotham of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit before entering private practice.[ 1] From 1983 to 1996, he practiced at Lewis Roca Rothgerber Christie in Phoenix, Arizona , where he became a partner in 1988.[ 5] He then moved to Des Moines for his wife's career and was a litigator at Belin McCormick P.C. from 1996 to 2009.[ 6] [ 3] In 1997, Mansfield started teaching as an adjunct professor at Drake University . He has also served as the chairperson of the board of directors of Goodwill Industries of Central Iowa.[ 1]
Judicial career
State court of appeals service
Mansfield was appointed by Chet Culver to the Iowa Court of Appeals in 2009.[ 1]
Iowa Supreme Court
Mansfield was one of three justices appointed by Governor Terry Branstad in 2011.[ 7] In November 2010, Iowa voters had removed all three justices seeking reelection in response to the court unanimously legalizing same-sex marriage in Varnum v. Brien .[ 8]
In 2012, Mansfield authored an opinion for the court which found a dentist did not commit gender discrimination when, at the insistence of his wife, he fired a dental assistant to whom he was sexually attracted.[ 9] [ 10] In 2016, Mansfield dissented when the Court found that the Iowa Constitution categorically prohibited life without parole for juveniles who committed first degree murder.[ 7]
In September 2016, Mansfield was named as a possible nominee for the Supreme Court of the United States by then-presidential candidate Donald Trump .[ 11]
See also
References
^ a b c d "The Hon. Edward M. Mansfield" . American Law Institute . Retrieved September 21, 2012 .
^ "Iowa Supreme Court finalists McDermott, Chicchelly, and May, in their own words" . Bleeding Heartland . March 11, 2020. Retrieved April 5, 2020 .
^ a b "Iowa Voters Judicial Directory" (PDF) . Iowa Judicial Branch . August 2012. Archived (PDF) from the original on July 18, 2019.
^ "Gov. Culver appoints attorney to Iowa Court of Appeals" . Globe Gazette | Mason City, Iowa | globegazette.com . January 15, 2009. Retrieved April 5, 2020 .
^ a b c Mansfield, Edward (2011). "Questionnaire" . Iowa Judicial Watch .
^ "Edward Mansfield" . VoteSmart . Archived from the original on April 5, 2020. Retrieved April 4, 2020 .
^ a b "Branstad names Iowa Court of Appeals Judge Edward Mansfield to the Iowa Supreme Court" . Office of the Governor of Iowa . February 23, 2011. Retrieved December 6, 2016 .
^ A.G. Sulzberger (November 3, 2010). "Ouster of Iowa Judges Sends Signal to Bench" . The New York Times . p. A1. Retrieved October 11, 2016 .
^ Nelson v. Knight, No. 11-1857 (Iowa Dec. 21, 2012).
^ "Iowa Supreme Court: OK to fire 'irresistible' worker" . CNN.com . December 22, 2012. Retrieved June 1, 2018 .
^ Flores, Reena (September 23, 2016). "Donald Trump will expand list of possible Supreme Court picks" . CBS News . Retrieved September 23, 2016 – via MSN.
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Legal offices
Preceded by
Associate Justice of the Iowa Supreme Court 2011–present
Incumbent